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Tetradrachm In the name of Alexander III, Myrina
| Issuer | Kingdom of Macedonia |
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| Year | 215 BC - 190 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | Zeus Aëtophoros enthroned left on a low stool-throne, his upper body nude and draped from the waist, holding a perched eagle on his extended right hand and a long sceptre upright in his left. The throne features a decorative back rail rendered in fine relief. In the left field, a dynastic monogram appears above an amphora, serving as mint control marks identifying the issue to Myrina in Aeolis. The composition follows the canonical Alexandrine reverse type established under Alexander III. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Translation: Alexander (III, the Great)) |
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Myrina, on the western coast of Aeolis, struck posthumous Alexanders well into the second century BC — long after the man himself had become more myth than memory. These issues continued circulating under essentially the same authority as any other civic or dynastic mint of the period, their production driven by commercial demand across the Aegean rather than any imperial mandate. Price 1657 is distinguished by its specific monogram and control marks, the details that separate it from the dozens of other posthumous issues and pin it to this particular city's output.