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Tetradrachm In the name of Alexander III
| Issuer | Perge (Pamphylia) |
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| Year | 205 BC - 204 BC |
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| Currency | Attic drachm |
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| Obverse description | Youthful head of Heracles facing right, beardless, enveloped in the scalp of the Nemean lion, the open jaws framing the crown of the head and the knotted forepaws falling across the neck. The finely rendered curls of the hero's hair emerge beneath the headdress, and the bold, idealised facial features reflect the Lysippan-derived portraiture standard of the Alexandrine coinage tradition. A delicate dotted border encircles the field. |
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| Mint | Perge, Pamphylia, Turkey |
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Perge's civic mint issued Alexander-type tetradrachms under its own magistrates during a period when the Seleucid and Ptolemaic empires were actively contesting control of southern Anatolia. The Fifth Syrian War broke out in 202 BC, and the political atmosphere in Pamphylia in the years immediately preceding it was one of calculated hedging — cities like Perge continued striking in Alexander's name not out of sentiment but because the type commanded universal acceptance across the eastern Mediterranean trade network.
Colin's die study identifies this as a tightly dated issue, placing it within a single administrative year.