MACEDONIAN KINGDOM Alexander III the Great OLD Silver Tetradrachm NGC Coin D005

  

Ancient Greek Coin of the MACEDONIAN KINGDOM Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC) Silver AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.93 gm, 1h) Reference: Price 3734 NGC VF Strike 3/5 - Surface 3/5 4161277-009 Posthumous issue of Babylon, under Seleucus I Nicator, ca. Obverse: Head of Heracles right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied before neck Reverse: A?

, Zeus enthroned left, right leg drawn back, feet on stool, eagle in right hand, scepter in left; HYP monogram in wreath in left field;? AP monogram in circle below strut. See the Genuine History Collection. Alexander III of Macedon (Greek:??????????

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.