Tetradrachm In the name of Alexander III, Rhodes

These posthumous Alexanders struck at Rhodes fall within a particularly turbulent window for the island — the city had just weathered the catastrophic earthquake of 226 BC and spent decades rebuilding its commercial dominance, partly bankrolled by the continued minting of internationally accepted coinage. By the early second century, Rhodes was navigating the rising tension between Rome and the Seleucid king Antiochus III, ultimately siding with Rome before the Battle of Magnesia in 190 BC. Price 2513 is a recognized Rhodian issue distinguished by its control marks, placing it firmly within the local administrative sequence rather than the broader Macedonian royal output.