A fantastic portrait of excellent Hellenistic style!
Alexander the Great PELLA mint ! Kassandros 315-310 BC
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A fantastic portrait of excellent Hellenistic style! Alexander the Great, 336–323 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.0 gm.; 27 mm.). Kassandros 315-310 BC . Pella mint. Obv.: Head of Alexander the Great als Heracles, right in lion-skin headdress. Rev.: BASILEWS right, Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle on extended right hand and resting left on lotus scepter, boeotian shield in left field. Price 249. Alexander the Great, also known as Alexander III, was an ancient Greek king (basileus) of Macedon (336–323 BC). He was one of the most successful military commanders in history, and was undefeated in battle. By the time of his death, he had conquered most of the world known to the ancient Greeks. Following the unification of the multiple city-states of ancient Greece under the rule of his father, Philip II of Macedon (a labour Alexander had to repeat because the southern Greeks rebelled after Philip's death), Alexander conquered the Persian Empire, including Anatolia, Syria, Phoenicia, Judea, Gaza, Egypt, Bactria and Mesopotamia and extended the boundaries of his own empire as far as the borders of Punjab. Alexander never got along well with his father, although Philip was proud of Alexander for the Bucephalus incident and founding the city. Alexander had always been closer to Olympias than Philip and everybody knew it. Philip and Olympias also did not ge t along all that well, owing primarily to Olympias' "barbarian" heritage of Epirus, now Albania. The family essentially was split apart irreparably when Philip married a woman named Cleopatra, a Macedonian. At the wedding banquet, Cleopatra's father made a remark about Philip fathering a "legitmate" heir, i.e., one that was pure Macedonian. Alexand er took exception and threw his cup at the man, and some sources say Alexander killed him. Enraged, Philip stood up and charged at Alexander, only to trip and fall on his face in his drunken stupor. Alexander, rather upset at the scene, is said to have shouted: "Here is the man who was making ready to cross from Europe to Asia, and who cannot even cross from one table to another without losing his balance." Every item offered by VIVITE LAETI is unconditionally guaranteed to be genuine & authentic.
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