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KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos I Monophthalmos. As Strategos of Asia, 320-306/5 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 17.44 g, 11h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Babylon mint. Struck under Peithon, satrap of Babylonia, circa 315-311 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram in left field, monogram within wreath below throne. Price 3726. VF, toned, a few small deposits.
In 315 BC, Antigonos I Monophthalmos forced Seleukos I to flee from his satrapy in Babylon, and replaced him with Peithon, a Macedonian who had served under Alexander III as satrap of southern India. After Alexander's death, Peithon had been appointed to the satrapy of Media.
In 315 BC, Antigonos I Monophthalmos forced Seleukos I to flee from his satrapy in Babylon, and replaced him with Peithon, a Macedonian who had served under Alexander III as satrap of southern India. After Alexander's death, Peithon had been appointed to the satrapy of Media.