Ancient Greek Coin of the MACEDONIAN KINGDOM

Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC)
Silver AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 16.82 gm, 10h). 
Struck Circa circa 323-317 BC - Early posthumous issue
Struck at Mint in Babylon
Reference: Price 1800
Certification: NGC Choice XF Fine Style Strike: 5/5 Surface: 2/5 6842224-005

Obverse: Head of Heracles right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied before neck

Reverse: AΛEΞANΔPOY-BAΣIΛEΩΣ, Zeus enthroned left, right leg drawn back, feet on ground line, eagle in outstretched right hand, grounded scepter in left; M in left field, ΛY above strut

Coin Notes:
Fine Style

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Alexander III of Macedon (Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC),  commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon. He succeeded his father Philip II to the throne in 336 BC at the age of 20, and spent most of his ruling years conducting a lengthy military campaign  throughout Western Asia and Egypt. By the age of thirty, he had created one of  the largest empires in history, stretching from Greece to northwestern India. He  was undefeated in battle and is widely considered to be one of history's  greatest and most successful military commanders.

Until the age of 16, Alexander was tutored by Aristotle. In 335 BC, shortly after his assumption of kingship over Macedon, he campaigned in the Balkans and reasserted control over Thrace and Illyria before marching on the city of Thebes, which was subsequently destroyed in battle. Alexander then led the League of Corinth, and  used his authority to launch the pan-Hellenic project envisaged by his father, assuming leadership over all Greeks in their conquest of Persia.


Alexander Cuts the Gordian Knot by Jean-Simon Berthélemy (1767)