Erythrai, on the Ionian coast of Asia Minor, was among the Greek cities that continued striking Alexander-type tetradrachms well into the second century BC — decades after Alexander's death in 323. These issues were not nostalgic tributes but practical monetary decisions: the Alexander type had become a de facto international trade currency across the eastern Mediterranean and beyond, and cities with active commercial ports had strong incentive to keep producing a coinage their trading partners would accept without question.
The Kinns reference places this issue within a documented sequence tied to the city's magistrate system, allowing approximate dating despite the absence of regnal years.
Erythrai, on the Ionian coast of Asia Minor, was among the Greek cities that continued striking Alexander-type tetradrachms well into the second century BC — decades after Alexander's death in 323. These issues were not nostalgic tributes but practical monetary decisions: the Alexander type had become a de facto international trade currency across the eastern Mediterranean and beyond, and cities with active commercial ports had strong incentive to keep producing a coinage their trading partners would accept without question.
The Kinns reference places this issue within a documented sequence tied to the city's magistrate system, allowing approximate dating despite the absence of regnal years.