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Tetradrachm In the name of Alexander III
| Emittent | Ephesos (Ionia) |
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| Jahr | 200 BC - 190 BC |
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| Währung | Attic drachm |
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| Reversbeschreibung | Zeus Aetophoros enthroned facing left, his body nude to the waist and draped below with a himation, seated upon a high-backed throne set on a ground line. His outstretched right hand supports a standing eagle facing left, while his left hand rests on a long upright sceptre. To the left field appear two distinctive symbols specific to the Ephesian mint: a bee (the civic emblem of Ephesos) above, and a sunburst or star symbol below. The Greek legend ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ runs vertically along the right field. The composition closely follows the standard posthumous Alexandrine reverse type with locally distinctive control marks. |
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| Reverslegende | ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ |
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By the late third and early second century BC, the so-called "posthumous" Alexander tetradrachms had become the dominant international trade currency across the eastern Mediterranean, and Ephesos was among the most prolific issuing authorities. These coins were struck not to honor Alexander's memory in any sentimental sense but because the type had achieved such widespread commercial acceptance that departing from it would have disrupted trade. Ephesos controlled a critical Aegean port and had every incentive to keep its coinage interchangeable with issues from dozens of other mints.
The Müller 1024 reference places this piece within a well-catalogued die study, though attributions to specific Ephesian magistrates for this decade remain debated among specialists.