Alexander III AR Tetradrachm, Ake (Ptolemais), 321–320 BC, Price 3267

Alexander III, tetradrachm, silver, reign 336–323 BC, struck 321–320 BC at Ake (Ptolemais); 17.12 g; 26 mm. Obverse anepigraphic: head of Herakles right, wearing lion-skin headdress, dotted border. Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ downward; Zeus seated left on an ornamental throne, holding long vertical scepter in left and eagle standing right on outstretched right; Phoenician letter beneath the throne; to left, Phoenician letters ayin–kaph and ||| |||. Struck on a broad, well-centered flan; die axis 12h. Price 3267. Issued at the Phoenician port of Ake shortly after Alexander’s death, this type belonged to the standardized imperial coinage that financed garrisons and fleets along the Levantine coast. The Greek legend names Alexander, while the Phoenician letters serve as local control marks identifying the Ake series. Control of the region in 321–320 BC lay with the Diadochi (initially Laomedon; seized by Ptolemy in 320), and the mint later operated under the name Ptolemais, reflecting the evolving political landscape of the early Hellenistic period.