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Tetradrachm In the name of Alexander III
| Issuer | Ephesos (Ionia) |
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| Year | 200 BC - 190 BC |
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| Currency | Attic drachm |
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| Reverse lettering | ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ |
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| Mint | Ephesus, Ionia, modern-day Selçuk, Turkey |
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This issue belongs to the posthumous Alexander coinage produced at Ephesos during a politically volatile decade — the city changed hands repeatedly between Seleucid and Ptolemaic control before Rome's intervention at Magnesia in 190 BC effectively ended Seleucid ambitions in western Asia Minor. The Ephesian mint was among the most prolific posthumous Alexander producers, and Price 2537 is distinguished by its specific control marks, which allow attribution to this particular emission within a crowded sequence.
The timing of this emission likely reflects the monetary demands of Seleucid military operations in the region under Antiochus III.