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Tetradrachm In the name of Alexander III
| Issuer | Arados (Phoenician cities) |
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| Year | 231 BC - 230 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Reverse description | Zeus Aetophoros seated left on a low-backed throne, his torso bare and draped from the waist down, holding an eagle standing right with open wings in his extended right hand and a long scepter upright in his left. To the left field, a palm tree with fruit; beneath the throne, a small figure or symbol; in the lower exergue, a Phoenician inscription in Aramaic characters denoting the local dating and civic authority of Aradus. The Greek legend ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ runs downward along the right field. The entire design is enclosed within a dotted border. |
| Reverse script | Greek/Phoenician |
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Arados — built on a small island off the Phoenician coast — was among the longest-running posthumous Alexander minting authorities, producing tetradrachms in his name well into the second century BC. By 231 BC the city had developed its own distinct die style, drifting noticeably from the Macedonian prototype while still nominally honoring the royal type. Price 3328 falls within a sequence where Aradian engravers had considerable latitude, and the local magistrate's control marks on these issues are critical for precise attribution within the series.