Tetradrachm In the name of Alexander III, Pella

Struck at Pella — the Macedonian royal capital — during the regency struggles that followed Alexander's death in 323 BC, this issue falls squarely within the period when Antipater's son Cassander was consolidating control over Macedonia against rival claimants. Continuing to strike in Alexander's name was a deliberate political act: it projected legitimacy through a dead king's authority rather than one's own.

Price 248 is among the better-documented Pella issues from this turbulent decade. The dies for this series are known to overlap with emissions from neighboring mints as engravers and equipment moved with the shifting fortunes of the Diadochi wars.