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Tetradrachm In the name of Alexander III, Pella
| Issuer | Kingdom of Macedonia |
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| Year | 325 BC - 315 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Reverse description | Zeus Aëtophoros enthroned to the left upon a low stool-throne, his body nude to the waist with a himation draped across his lower limbs; his outstretched right hand supports an eagle with closed wings, while his left hand grasps a long upright sceptre. The legend ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ runs along the right field, and the ethnic ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ is implied by the royal type. The control mark Θ (theta) appears beneath the throne, serving as a mint or series identifier. The composition is rendered in the authoritative late Classical style established under Alexander III. |
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| Mint | Pella |
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Price 213 is among the earlier posthumous issues struck at Pella following Alexander's death in 323 BC, though the type was already being produced in his lifetime. The Pella mint ramped up production dramatically during the eastern campaigns to pay soldiers and satraps, and the sheer volume struck means die-links across this series are unusually well-documented — Price's corpus identified dozens of obverse dies for this type alone.
The 325–315 BC window straddles the transition from lifetime to posthumous issue, a distinction that remains contested for individual specimens without die-matching.