KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos I Monophthalmos. As Strategos of Asia, 320-306/5 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 15.46 g, 9h). Babylon mint. Struck under Peithon, circa 315-311 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram in wreath in left field, monogram in circle below throne. Price 3734. Small edge loss.
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.