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Tetradrachm In the name of Alexander III, Pella
| Issuer | Kingdom of Macedonia |
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| Year | 280 BC - 275 BC |
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| Currency | Attic drachm |
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| Reverse description | Zeus Aetophoros enthroned left on a low throne with a footstool, depicted in a commanding, majestic pose. His extended right hand holds an eagle with spread wings, while his left hand grasps a long upright sceptre. The royal legend ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ runs along the right field. In the left field, a bunch of grapes appears above a monogram, with a second control monogram positioned below the throne, serving as mint control marks characteristic of the Pella issue. |
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| Mintage | ND (280 BC - 275 BC) |
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By 280 BC, Alexander had been dead for over four decades, yet Macedonian mints continued striking tetradrachms in his name — a monetary convention that outlasted his empire, his successors, and most of the dynasties that carved up his conquests. These posthumous issues from Pella were produced under the Antigonid kingdom, which had only recently consolidated control of Macedonia after the catastrophic Battle of Ipsus in 301 BC and the subsequent power struggles. Price 602 is among the better-documented posthumous types, cross-referenced in Müller's corpus, placing it within a well-attested Pella sequence.