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Alexander The Great Coin
Did you scroll all this way to get facts about alexander great coin? Well you're in luck, because here they come. There are 1079 alexander great coin for sale on Etsy, and they cost $42.27 on average. The most common alexander great coin material is metal. The most popular color? You guessed it: silver. LYSIMACHOS Silver Tetradrachm Ancient Greek Coin ALEXANDER the GREAT XF. C $30.09 shipping. Lysimachus was a great hunter and it was said that Alexander shut him in a cage with a lion to test his prowess This coin was issued by Lysimachus, the former general of Alexander the Great.
Alexander (the Great) III only reigned for 13 years, dying heirless, at the age of 33 years. During this time on the Macedonian throne he managed to conquer most of the known world, from Greece toIndia. He was born in 356BC to Philip II and took the throne in 336 on the assassination of his father. His coinage is vast and can be split into two periods:
During his reign, the so called lifetime issues (his father's coinage was used for a while during this period) were mint.
After his death, with no successor, the ruling void resulted in 4 decades of civil war and the coinage produced by the Diadochi (the generals taking power)has become known as the posthumous issues.
The diadochi consisted of Alexander's 4 generals, his friend Lysimachos, who took Thrace and most of Asia Minor; Cassander ruled Macedonia and Greece; Ptolemy I(the most successful) Egypt, Palestine, Cilicia, Petra and Cyprus and Seleucus I Nicator the remainder of Asia.
Alexander The Great Coin Tetradrachm
Of the denominations issued from 336 to 280BC, gold staters, silver tetradrachms, hemidrachms and drachms were the most prolific, from many mints, and the coinageof Lysimachos has become sought after by collectors for its artistry and the possibility of having the likeness of Alexander on its obverse. However, his lifetime issues seem to be valued more bycollectors.