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What is an Alexander?
Andrew MeadowsNew College, Oxford
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Gold Types
Distater Stater
Hemistater Quarter stater Eighth stater
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Main Silver Types
10dr 4dr
2dr drHemidr
5 ob 2ob ob Hemiob
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HemidrachmDiobol Obol
Stater Hekte Hemihekte
1/5 drachm 1/30 drachm
Other Silver Types
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Bronze Units and Half-units
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Gold Types
Athena/NikeAthena/Thun-derboltAthena/Bow & Club
Silver Types
Heracles/Zeus Heracles/2 eaglesHeracles/Quiver, bow & club
Heracles/Eagle
Heracles/Thunderbolt Zeus/EagleApollo/Youth on horse
AE Unit
Heracles/Quiver, bow & clubHeracles/Bow, bowcase & clubApollo/Youth on horseOther
AE Half
Shield/HelmetYouth/HorseHeracles/EagleOther
95%94 %
98% 99%
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Lifetime Posthumous
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Periods of Production• 333-324: Essentially those coinages deemed by Price to be ‘lifetime’ (on the low
chronology)• 323-301: The period of the immediate successors to Alexander down just past
the great declarations of kingship to the Battle of Ipsos• 300-282 From Ipsos to the settlement of the world following the Battle of
Corupedium in 281• 281-224: From Corupedium to the accession of Antiochus III in the east, and to
just before the outbreak of the Social War in Greece• 223-191: The reign of Antiochus III to the battle of Magnesia and the removal of
Antiochus from Asia Minor• 190-126: The post-Apameia period in Asia Minor and the last Alexanders of the
Seleucid kingdom, Macedon and Greece• 125-70: The continuation of production of the Black Sea mints down to their
closure and the end of Alexander coinage c. 70 BC.
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Numbers of types by metal by period
333-324 323-301 300-282 281-224 223-191 190-126 125-700
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1600
ARAUAE
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Types vs. specimens
Type nos. from Price/Pella; hoard figures from Duyrat (2005), Tbl. 10
333-324 (4drs) 4dr. Hoards
MacedonGreeceBlack SeaW. Asia MinorS Asia MinorCyprusSyria & PhoeniciaThe EastEgypt & Cyrenaica
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Numbers of types by metal by period
333-324 323-301 300-282 281-224 223-191 190-126 125-700
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1600
ARAUAE
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Numbers of types by metal by period/Year
333-324 323-301 300-282 281-224 223-191 190-126 125-700
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
ARAUAE
Lifetime Posthumous
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333-324 281-224
223-191 190-126 125-70
323-301 300-282
Alexander types by region, by period
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333-324
323-301
300-282
281-224
223-191
190-126
125-70
05
1015202530354045
Macedon/Yr
333-324
323-301
300-282
281-224
223-191
190-126
125-70
00.5
11.5
22.5
33.5
Greece/Yr
333-324
323-301
300-282
281-224
223-191
190-126
125-700
1
2
3
4
5
6
Black Sea/Yr
333-324
323-301
300-282
281-224
223-191
190-126
125-70
05
10152025303540
W. Asia Minor/Yr
333-324
323-301
300-282
281-224
223-191
190-126
125-70012345678
S Asia Minor/Yr
333-324
323-301
300-282
281-224
223-191
190-126
125-700123456
Cyprus/Yr
333-324
323-301
300-282
281-224
223-191
190-126
125-70
02468
10121416
Syria & Phoenicia/Yr
333-324
323-301
300-282
281-224
223-191
190-126
125-70
0
4
8
12
16
The East/Yr
333-324
323-301
300-282
281-224
223-191
190-126
125-70
0
0.4
0.8
1.2
1.6
2
Egypt & Cyrenaica/Yr
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333-324
323-301
300-282
281-224
223-191
190-126
125-70
05
1015202530354045
Macedon/Yr
333-324
323-301
300-282
281-224
223-191
190-126
125-70
00.5
11.5
22.5
33.5
Greece/Yr
333-324
323-301
300-282
281-224
223-191
190-126
125-700
1
2
3
4
5
6
Black Sea/Yr
333-324
323-301
300-282
281-224
223-191
190-126
125-70
05
10152025303540
W. Asia Minor/Yr
333-324
323-301
300-282
281-224
223-191
190-126
125-70012345678
S Asia Minor/Yr
333-324
323-301
300-282
281-224
223-191
190-126
125-700123456
Cyprus/Yr
333-324
323-301
300-282
281-224
223-191
190-126
125-70
02468
10121416
Syria & Phoenicia/Yr
333-324
323-301
300-282
281-224
223-191
190-126
125-70
0
4
8
12
16
The East/Yr
333-324
323-301
300-282
281-224
223-191
190-126
125-70
0
0.4
0.8
1.2
1.6
2
Egypt & Cyrenaica/Yr
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Overall denominational split
4drs.drs.frs.
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Denominations by period4drs. drs.
frs.333-324
323-301
300-282
281-224
223-191
190-126
125-70
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Denominations by region4drs. drs.
frs.
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Types of Alexander coinage:Agency and Purpose
Alexanders
Lifetime
Macedonian Imperial
Posthumous
Royal
Continuation Imitative
Civic
Royal civic Civic civic=