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Tetradrachm In the name of Alexander III, Assos
| Issuer | Kingdom of Macedonia |
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| Year | 210 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Reverse description | Zeus Aetophoros enthroned left on a low backless throne, his nude upper body turned slightly toward the viewer; his outstretched right hand supports an eagle with wings closed, while his left hand grasps a long upright sceptre. The reverse legend ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ runs to the right of the figure. In the left field, a seated griffin facing left serves as the mint control symbol identifying the issue to Assos. The composition follows the canonical Alexandrine reverse type with crisp die-cutting in the Hellenistic posthumous tradition. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Translation: Alexander (III, the Great)) |
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Assos, a coastal city in the Troad, continued striking Alexander-type tetradrachms well over a century after the king's death — a practice common across the eastern Mediterranean where the Alexandrine type functioned as a trusted trade currency regardless of who actually held power. By 210 BC the city was operating under Attalid influence, and these posthumous issues reflect the commercial rather than political logic of late Hellenistic minting. Price 1599 is distinguished by its specific monogram combination, which ties it to a defined but short emission period at this mint.