★ Lifetime issue ★

KINGS of MACEDON: Alexander III ‘the Great’ (336-323 BCE) AR Drachm, struck under Philoxenos, c. 325-323 BC. Miletos, 4.27g, 17mm.
Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin
Rev: Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, legs crossed; monogram in left field. Price 2090; ADM I Series I.
From the Chris B collection
Lustrous. Price 2090 comprises two varieties, one with Zeus’ legs parallel, the other with his legs crossed.

If Price is correct, this coin was struck near the end of Alexander’s life under Philoxenos, the general who captured the Persian capital of Susa following the great battle of Gaugemela, and who later brought reinforcements from Caria to Alexander as he was dying in Babylon. Philoxenos was likely present at Alexander’s death, and seems to have thrown his lot in with Perdikkas in the complex politics which immediately followed.