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Tetradrachm In the name of Alexander III, Alexandreia Troas
| Issuer | Kingdom of Macedonia |
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| Year | 280 BC - 275 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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| Mintage | ND (280 BC - 275 BC) |
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Struck at Alexandreia Troas well after Alexander's death in 323 BC, this issue belongs to a long tradition of posthumous Alexandrine tetradrachms produced by successor cities asserting legitimacy through his name and type. Alexandreia Troas itself was formally refounded and renamed by Antigonus I Monophthalmus around 310 BC, amalgamating several older Troad settlements — the mint's operation in this period reflects the city's ambitions under the early Seleucid and competing Lysimachean spheres of influence.
Price 1589 places this emission firmly in the post-Lysimachus period, following his death at Corupedium in 281 BC.