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Tetradrachm In the name of Alexander III, Mesembria
| Issuer | Kingdom of Macedonia |
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| Year | 175 BC - 125 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Zeus Aëtophoros enthroned to the left on a high-backed throne, his body draped, holding an eagle perched with wings closed in his extended right hand and a long upright scepter in his left. The royal legend BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔΡOY runs in two lines flanking the throne. In the left field, a crested Macedonian helmet appears above the control letter ΔA, while the mint monogram HPA is placed below the throne, serving as the primary identifier for the Mesembrian issue. |
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| Reverse lettering | BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔΡOΥ ΔA HPA (Translation: King Alexander (III, the Great)) |
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Mesembria, the Greek colony on the Black Sea coast of Thrace, struck posthumous Alexanders well into the second century BC — long after the Macedonian kingdom itself had ceased to exist following Rome's defeat of Perseus at Pydna in 168 BC. These issues were essentially a commercial currency, produced to facilitate trade in a region where the Alexander type remained the most trusted silver denomination by weight. Price 1054 is identifiable by its monogram control marks, which help localize the issue to Mesembria specifically rather than to one of the several nearby Thracian mints striking near-identical types in the same period.