Tetradrachm In the name of Alexander III, Babylon

Struck at Babylon in the years immediately following Alexander's death in 323 BC, this issue falls within the turbulent regency period when the mint was operating under shifting Diadochi control — passing through the hands of Perdiccas, then the coalition that dismembered his authority, and eventually Antigonus Monophthalmus. Babylon was among the most productive mints of the entire posthumous Alexander series, and Price 3708 belongs to a tightly sequenced group distinguished by specific monogram combinations that allow approximate dating within the regency wars.

The mint's output during this window served immediate military financing needs more than any commemorative impulse — Antigonus was raising and paying armies on a scale that demanded continuous silver coinage.