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Tetradrachm In the name of Alexander III
| Issuer | Sinope (Paphlagonia) |
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| Year | 230 BC - 200 BC |
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| Currency | Attic drachm |
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| Reverse description | Zeus Aetophoros seated left on a low backless throne, his robes draped about his lower body, an eagle perched on his extended right hand and a long sceptre held upright in his left. The primary legend ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ runs along the right field. In the inner left field appear the mint control marks aplustre, the letter M, and the ethnic abbreviation ΣΙ; beneath the throne, the letter Θ appears above an additional monogram, serving as further magistrate or workshop controls specific to the Sinope issue. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ M ΣΙ Θ |
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Sinope was among the last Greek cities of the Black Sea coast to strike Alexander-type tetradrachms, doing so well into the late 3rd century as the Antigonid and Seleucid kingdoms had already moved on to their own royal coinages. The city's position as the dominant commercial hub on the Pontic coast gave its currency genuine regional utility, which is why these posthumous issues were struck at all — not nostalgia, but mercantile practicality.
Price 1553 is distinguished by its specific monogram control marks tied to Sinope's magistrate system. The city would fall under Pontic royal control under Pharnaces I around 183 BC.