★ Lifetime Alexander tetradrachm ★

KINGS OF MACEDON: Alexander III ‘the Great' (336-323 BCE), AR Tetradrachm, issued c. 332-326 BCE. Amphipolis, 17.00g, 26mm.
Obv: Head of Herakles r., wearing lion skin.
Rev: Zeus Aëtophoros seated l.; janiform head in l. field.
Price 6.
From the Orfew collection, ex Saint Paul Antiques Auction 2 Lot 10, 18.03.2017.
Interesting control mark, some roughness.

Issued under the authority of Antipater, regent in Macedon while Alexander was away on campaign. Antipater was a competent choice; among other achievements, he defeated a dangerous uprising by the Spartans under King Agis. Upon his death, he passed over his son Kassandros (Cassander) for the regency, resulting in one of the many civil wars in the empire.