Tetradrachm In the name of Alexander III

Struck posthumously in Alexander's name — a practice that continued for decades after his death in 323 BC — this piece dates to the turbulent succession wars among his generals, the Diadochi. By 310 BC, minting coins bearing Alexander's types had become a political act: it signaled legitimacy without committing to any one successor's claim. Price 810 places this issue within a specific regional mint attribution, the details of which remain debated among specialists, a not uncommon problem for posthumous Alexandrine coinage where die links and style must do the work that explicit mint marks do not.