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Tetradrachm In the name of Alexander III
| Issuer | Ptolemaic Kingdom |
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| Year | 311 BC - 310 BC |
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| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Struck at Alexandria in the years immediately following the death of Antigonus's son Demetrius at Gaza in 312 BC, this issue belongs to the earliest phase of Ptolemy I's coinage — still produced in the name of Alexander III rather than the new satrap himself. Ptolemy would not formally claim the royal title until 305/304 BC, and the continued use of Alexander's name was a deliberate political calculation, lending legitimacy to a regime that needed it.
The Lorber 1.1 classification places this among the foundational types of Alexandrine-style coinage produced under Ptolemaic authority before the tradition diverged sharply from Macedonian norms.