Amphipolis in Macedonia, 316-315 BC., in the name of Alexander III. (posthumous), struck under Kassander, Tetradrachm, Price 129.

Kings of Macedonia, in the name of Alexander III. (posthumous), struck under Kassander, Amphipolis mint, circa 316-315 BC.,
Tetradrachm (24-26 mm / 16,90 g), silver, axis irregular alignment ↑↙ (ca. 240°),
Obv.: head of Herakles right, clad in lion head headdress. Excellent portrait style.
Rev.: AΛEΞANΔPOY , Zeus enthroned left, eagle extended in right, long vertical scepter in left, legs uncrossed, aphlaston (aplustre) left, Π • (pellet-in-Π) under throne.
Price 129 ; HGC 3.1, 991 (Kassander) ; Troxell, Studies, Group L3 ; SNG Cop.689 ; SNG München 287-8 ; SNG Alpha Bank 511 ; SNG Saroglos 249-51 ; Müller 280 .

lifetime style; minted shortly after Alexander's death, under the rule of Kassander / Cassander (Greek: Κάσσανδρος Kassandros; c. 355 BC – 297 BC) was king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia from 305 BC until 297 BC, and de facto ruler of southern Greece from 317 BC until his death. A son of Antipater and a contemporary of Alexander the Great, Cassander was one of the Diadochi who warred over Alexander's empire following the latter's death in 323 BC. Cassander later seized the crown by having Alexander's son and heir Alexander IV murdered. In governing Macedonia from 317 BC until 297 BC, Cassander restored peace and prosperity to the kingdom, while founding or restoring numerous cities (including Thessalonica, Cassandreia, and Thebes).

Dark layer spots and pits at headdress, otherwise EF

Ex Künker 115 (25 September 2006), 137