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Tetradrachm - Teisylos In the name of Alexander III
| Issuer | Rhodes |
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| Year | 201 BC - 190 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Reverse lettering | ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΤΕΙΣΥΛΟΣ ΡΟ (Translation: Alexander (III, the Great) Teisylos Rhodes) |
| Edge | Plain |
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Rhodes issued posthumous Alexanders under the names of local magistrates — a practice that blended the commercial utility of a universally recognized coin type with civic administration. Teisylos served as the responsible magistrate for this issue, his name appearing as the issuing authority during a decade when Rhodes was navigating the aftermath of a catastrophic earthquake in 226 BC that had toppled the Colossus and left the city dependent on gifts from Hellenistic kings, including Philip V and Antiochus III — both of whom would soon become enemies of Rome.