Tetradrachm In the name of Alexander III, Amphipolis

Struck at Amphipolis in the immediate aftermath of Alexander's death in 323 BC, these coins were produced under the authority of Antipater, who governed Macedonia as regent while the empire's generals began maneuvering for power. Amphipolis was the primary mint for Macedonian silver throughout this period, and output remained high precisely because the armies still had to be paid regardless of who held ultimate authority.

Price 105 places this issue among the earliest posthumous Alexander types, distinguished by specific die linkages rather than any overt change in iconography — the transition from lifetime to posthumous coinage was deliberately seamless.