Tetradrachm: Head of Alexander (obverse); Athena (reverse)

297–281 BCE Diameter: 3 cm (1 3/16 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.984

A contemporary of Alexander the Great and one of his generals, Lysimachos used coins like this one to emphasize his connections to the fallen leader. The images of the goddesses Athena and Nike, or Victory, on the reverse, together with an inscription naming King Lysimachos, f...

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