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Tetradrachm In the name of Alexander III, Corinth
| Issuer | Kingdom of Macedonia |
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| Year | 310 BC - 290 BC |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Facing right, the youthful head of Herakles rendered in high relief, clad in the scalp of the Nemean lion, whose open jaws frame the hero's crown and whose paws are knotted beneath his chin. The muscular facial features are finely modelled in the Lysippan tradition, with pronounced brow and curling hair visible beneath the lion-skin headdress. A plain raised border with a beaded inner rim encircles the design. No legend appears on the obverse. |
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| Mintage | ND (310 BC - 290 BC) |
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Struck at Corinth during the turbulent decades following Alexander's death in 323 BC, this tetradrachm belongs to a phase when multiple successors — Cassander, Antigonus, and later Demetrius Poliorcetes — fought for control of mainland Greece. Corinth changed hands repeatedly during this period, and the city's mint continued striking in Alexander's name throughout, a political choice that signaled legitimacy rather than dynastic loyalty to any single successor.
Price 674 places this issue within the Corinthian series distinguished by specific control marks that allow approximate sequencing. Müller's earlier attribution 1544 aligns with the same dies.