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Tetradrachm In the name of Alexander III, Sikyon
| Issuer | Kingdom of Macedonia |
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| Year | 225 BC - 215 BC |
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| Reference(s) | Price#710 |
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| Reverse description | Zeus Aëtophoros enthroned left on a low throne (diphros), his partially draped figure rendered in stately profile. In his extended right hand he holds an eagle facing right, while his left hand grasps a long upright sceptre. The Greek legend ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ runs along the right field. In the left field stands a youthful male figure facing left, raising a tainia (fillet) overhead with both hands; beneath the throne appears a monogram serving as a mint control mark, both devices associated with the Sikyon mint. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Sikyon was one of several Peloponnesian mints that continued striking posthumous Alexanders well into the third century BC, long after the Macedonian royal administration had any direct control over the region. These issues circulated primarily to meet local commercial demand and to pay mercenary forces — the coin's acceptance across the Hellenistic world depended entirely on weight standard conformity, not royal authority. Price 710 is among the later Sikyonian issues, datable by magistrate monograms and control marks that allow specialists to sequence the dies with reasonable confidence.