Tetradrachm - Philip III In the name of Alexander III, Tarsos

Philip III Arrhidaeus was Alexander's half-brother, widely considered intellectually disabled and kept as a figurehead king by the competing Diadochi factions after Alexander's death in 323 BC. Coinage continued to be struck in Alexander's name throughout his reign — a deliberate political choice by whoever held real power at any given moment, ensuring legitimacy through association with the conqueror rather than the puppet.

Tarsos had been a productive mint under Alexander himself, and it continued operating under the same administrative machinery into the early Successor period. Price 3044 is a well-catalogued variety within this transitional output.