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CLOSEMap: Cities minting coins on the Attic weight standard, 323-280 BCE - Top right: Tetradrachm of Antigonos with Alexander types - Bottom right: Posthumous tetradrachm of Alexander III. Mint of Pella.
The ‘Alexanders’ as the international currency of the Hellenistic world
Sophia Kremydi
Research coordinator
Sophia KremydiResearch Director
A study of the use and spread of the gold and silver coinage of Alexander—referred to in ancient literary sources as “Alexanders”—and of its establishment as the international currency of the Hellenistic world. An international conference was organized on the subject, bringing together a group of specialists, in collaboration with the University of the Sorbonne.
- S. Kremydi, M.-Chr. Marcellesi (éd.), Les Alexandres après Alexandre : Histoire d’une monnaie commune, Μελετήματα 81 (Athens 2019).
- S. Kremydi, “Οι Αλέξανδροι. Το διεθνές νόμισμα του ελληνιστικού κόσμου. Η κυκλοφορία σε θησαυρούς”, Αρχαιολογία και Τέχνη 129, April 2019, Β΄, 54-65.
Research coordinator
Sophia KremydiResearch Director
Main page image: Map: Cities minting coins on the Attic weight standard, 323-280 BCE - Top right: Tetradrachm of Antigonos with Alexander types - Bottom right: Posthumous tetradrachm of Alexander III. Mint of Pella.