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Tetradrachm In the name of Alexander III
| Issuer | Kingdom of Macedonia |
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| Year | 310 BC - 275 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Youthful, beardless head of Heracles facing right, portrayed with idealized features in the Hellenistic style, enveloped in the scalp of the Nemean lion, the beast's muzzle drawn over the hero's crown and its forelegs knotted at the throat. The finely modelled hair curls escape beneath the headdress in tight ringlets, framing the face. The field is plain, and the design is contained within a shallow incuse border typical of hammered coinage of the Alexandrine tradition. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Struck posthumously in Alexander's name, this issue belongs to the long tradition of successor mints exploiting his image and monetary standard to assert legitimacy after his death in 323 BC. Price 815 places it within the output of a specific Macedonian or regional mint operating under the Diadochi — the generals who carved up the empire and fought one another across three generations. The type continued circulating because the Attic weight standard it embodied was trusted from Egypt to Bactria, making political attribution secondary to economic function.