Silver Tetradrachm Obverse

Silver tetradrachm minted by the city of Alabanda c. 170 BCE. Price 2464 (ANS 1948.19.915, gift of A. M. Huntington). For over 150 years after Alexander died, coinage in his name continued to be produced by dozens of cities across the eastern Mediterranean, testifying to the importance of this type of coinage in international trade and other transactions.