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Tetradrachm In the name of Alexander III, Argos
| Issuer | Kingdom of Macedonia |
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| Year | 220 BC - 215 BC |
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| Currency | Attic drachm |
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| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Argos |
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Struck at Argos during the First Macedonian War period, this tetradrachm belongs to a posthumous series that continued Alexander's coinage types for decades after his death in 323 BC — a deliberate political choice by successor rulers and allied cities to leverage the commercial credibility of Alexandrine silver across Mediterranean trade networks. Argos, as a major Peloponnesian center, maintained its own mint activity under Macedonian influence during the reign of Philip V.
Price 730 places this issue firmly within the later posthumous Peloponnesian group. The Müller concordance corroborates the attribution to Argos specifically on the basis of control marks.