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.
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Tetradrachm
In the name and types of Alexander III.
Amphipolis, circa 323-317 BCE
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding eagle and sceptre; Phrygian cap before, BAΣIΛEΩΣ to left, ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ to right. Price 112; Troxell, Studies, Issue H2, 61; Müller 854. 17.06g, 26mm, 3h.
Ex Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung
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