Alexander the Great

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Alexander the Great conquered half the known world in a span of ten years. During his military exploits, he never lost a battle. No other military figure in history has been as successful.

His coinage, with the image of Herakles wearing a headdress made of the Nemean lion on the reverse and Baal/Zeus (depending on your point of view) on the reverse, continued for roughly two hundred years after his death.

Roughly five hundred years after his death, a wide series of coins was issued under the Koinon of Macedon. Most of these included an image of Alexander in various poses on the obverse, and many also included him on the reverse.

Alexander IV/Antipater 323-317 BCE Alexander the Great 330-323 BCE Androkles of Amathos 325-323 BCE Antigenes 322-320 BCE Antigonos Monophthalmos 305-300 BCE Archon or Dokimos 323-317 BCE Asandros 323-319 BCE Aspesias 316-311 BCE Cista Mystica 238-244 CE Kalas/Demarchos 325-323 BCE Koinon of Macedon 218-222 CE Koinon of Macedon 220-244 CE Koinon of Macedon 222-235 CE Koinon of Macedon 222-235 CE Koinon of Macedon 222-235 CE Koinon of Macedon 222-235 CE Koinon of Macedon 222-235 CE Koinon of Macedon 222-235 CE Koinon of Macedon 238-244 CE Koinon of Macedon 238-244 CE Koinon of Macedon 238-244 CE Koinon of Macedon 238-244 CE Koinon of Macedon 238-244 CE Koinon of Macedon 238-244 CE Koinon of Macedon 238-244 CE Koinon of Macedon 239-244 CE Koinon of Macedon 239-244 CE Koinon of Macedon 239-244 CE Koinon of Macedon 239-244 CE Koinon of Macedon 244-249 CE Koinon of Macedon 244-249 CE Koinos 324/323 BCE Laomedon 319/318 BCE Lion Advancing with club 231-235 CEMost of the Koinon of Macedon coins were minted roughly ten years later than this one. Lion Advancing with club 238-244 CE Lysimachos 287-281 BCE Macedonian Interregnum 288-277 BCE Memphis, Egypt 323/2 BCE Menander/Kleitos (White) 323-319 BCE Menelaus 315-306 BCE Miletos 320 BCE Nikokles of Paphos 325-317 BCE Nikokreon of Salamis 323-317 BCE Olympia with snakes 238-244 CE Pasikrates of Kourion, 325 BCE Pasikrates of Soloi 330-310 BCE Peithon son of Agenor 317-311 BCE Perdikkas 321/320 BCE Philip III Arrhidaeos 331-321 BCE Philoxenos 325-323 BCE Ptolemy I Soter 311-305 BCE Ptolemy Keraunos 281-279 BCE Stamenes/Archon 324/323 BCE