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Tetradrachm in the name of Alexander III, Corinth
| Issuer | Kingdom of Macedonia |
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| Year | 310 BC - 290 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Reverse description | Zeus Aëtophoros enthroned left on a high-backed throne, his body nude to the waist with drapery across his lap and legs. His outstretched right hand supports an eagle perched with wings closed, while his left hand rests upon a long sceptre held upright against his shoulder. In the left field, a small Nike or Eros figure appears as a secondary control symbol. In the exergue, the mintmark ΔΕ identifies the Corinthian series. The royal legend AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ runs downward along the right field, and BAΣIΛEΩΣ along the upper right, together reading 'of King Alexander.' The composition follows the canonical Lysippan reverse type established under Alexander III. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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Struck at Corinth after Alexander's death in 323 BC, this coin was issued under the authority of the successors — likely during the period when Demetrius Poliorcetes controlled the Peloponnese. Corinth was a natural mint site: it had long-standing silver-working expertise and controlled the Isthmus, making it a strategic hub for paying troops moving between Greece and the east. The city itself changed hands repeatedly during the Wars of the Diadochi, and the mint output reflects that instability in its relatively short production window.
Price 1700–1704 groups several die marriages from this facility. The Corinthian issues are distinguished from other posthumous Alexander tetradrachms by subtle differences in die style traceable to local engravers.