Kings of Macedon, Ionia. Antigonos I Monophthalmos. As Strategos of Asia (In the name and types of Alexander III), 336-323 BC Kolophon, c. 310-301 BC

AR Drachm, 4.25g (18mm, 11h).Head of Herakles to r., wearing lion skin / AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated l. on throne, holding eagle and sceptre; K in l. field; Φ below throne.References: Price 1823Grade: Nicely struck with good centering and some toning. Mint Stategk2009While in general, the posthumous coinage issued “in the style of Alexander” is generally very common, that does not negate its historical interest in the least! This particular type for example is tied to a very compelling historical period. Often labeled as “Alliance” coinage, Price and Melville Jones mentioned that this coin is representative of the 3000 drachma presented to the city of Kolophon as stated in the “preamble of the freedom given to [K]olophon by Alexander and Antigonus Monophthalmos”!