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Tetradrachm Imitation of Tetradrachm of Alexander III
| Issuer | Marathos |
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| Year | 230 BC - 229 BC |
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| Weight | 16.79 g |
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| Obverse description | Youthful male head in right profile, identified as Herakles, enveloped in a Nemean lion scalp headdress, with the lion's muzzle projecting over the forehead and the paws knotted at the throat. The rendering follows the Lysippan prototype established for Alexander III coinage, with soft modelling of the facial features, a slightly open mouth, and curling hair visible beneath the scalp at the temple. The flan is slightly irregular, consistent with the local Phoenician striking tradition, and the relief is bold and well-centred. |
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| Mintage | ND (230 BC - 229 BC) - Aramaic year 30 |
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Marathos, a Phoenician coastal city on the mainland opposite Arados, struck these Alexander-type tetradrachms under its own authority during a period when Aradian commercial dominance made currency conformity commercially necessary. The city was eventually razed by Arados around 148 BC, making its independent coinage issues confined to a relatively narrow window.
Price 3452 places this emission within a well-documented sequence of posthumous Alexander imitations produced by Phoenician civic mints. The Marathene issues are distinguished by control marks that separate them from the vast Aradian output of the same type.