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Tetradrachm In the name of Alexander III, Amphipolis
| Issuer | Kingdom of Macedonia |
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| Year | 280 BC - 275 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Reverse description | Zeus Aëtophoros enthroned left on a low throne without back, his body draped from the waist, right arm extended forward presenting an eagle, and left hand grasping a long upright sceptre. The throne is rendered as a simple stool with decorated legs. In the left field appear two monograms serving as mint control marks. The ethnic legend ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ runs along the right field, identifying the issue as struck in the name of Alexander. The composition follows the canonical reverse type established under Alexander III and continued posthumously by succeeding Macedonian rulers. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ |
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Struck at Amphipolis well after Alexander's death in 323 BC, this piece belongs to the long posthumous series that continued minting in his name under the early Diadochi. By the 280s, Amphipolis had passed through the hands of multiple successors — Cassander, Demetrius Poliorcetes, and ultimately Lysimachus — before falling to Pyrrhus and then Ptolemy Keraunos in rapid succession. The mint kept producing Alexander types throughout, a deliberate choice that projected legitimacy by association rather than announcing a new ruler.
Price 605 is a recognized variety within the Amphipolis sequence, attributable by specific magistrate symbols and control marks that allow closer dating within the series.