Tetradrachm In the name of Alexander III

Struck in Alexandria under Ptolemy I while he still governed Egypt as satrap rather than king, this issue belongs to the transitional phase when Ptolemy used Alexander's name and types to assert legitimacy within the fractured Diadochi world. The political calculus was deliberate: invoking Alexander's authority cost nothing and bought considerable goodwill from Macedonian soldiers and administrators who remained skeptical of upstart successors.

The Lorber reference places this among the earliest Alexandrian output attributable to Ptolemaic administration — a series that would eventually give way to distinctly Ptolemaic types once the kingdom's identity hardened after 305 BC.