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Sep 20, 2011 · This month, NGC Ancients examines the silver tetradrachms of Alexander III of Macedon (356–323 B.C.), better known as Alexander the Great. Throughout history, few names resonate like that of Alexander the Great. Born a son of the Macedonian King Philip II in 356 B.C., this young man was tutored in war and philosophy by some of the most famed ...
May 16, 2024 · The Mesembria Hoard (1983): Discovered in Bulgaria, featuring a significant number of Alexander's coins. Original and Modern Value: The value of these coins has evolved significantly from their original worth: Gold Stater: Originally worth a soldier’s monthly pay, now valued between $3,000 and $20,000 or more depending on condition and rarity.
To understand the revolution in our knowledge of the coins of Alexander's lifetime and the posthumous Alexander's that began with Newell's Reattribution of Certain Tetradrachms of Alexander the Great of 1911 , one must go back to the mid nineteenth century. Ludvig Müller, to whom G.F. Hill was referring in the quote above, was a Danish scholar whose work of 1855, Numismatique d'Alexandre le ...
Description. Silver coin. (whole) Head of Alexander the Great, right, diademed and wearing a ram's horn; dotted border. (obverse) Athena Nikephoros seated left; Nike in outstretched right hand crowning inscription with wreath; spear resting behind; left arm resting on shield; to left, cult image; in exergue, crescent. (reverse) State.
Jan 29, 2020 · Alexander as Herakles. On the obverse of the majority of Alexander coins, the king is portrayed as the mythical hero Herkales, adorned with the Nemean Lion’s skin as a headdress. The slaying of the lion was the first of Herakles’ famous twelve labours and after the defeating the lion and skinning it, he wore its skin as a cloak as it was ...
Before the conquests of Alexander the Great (ruled 336-323 BC) coinage was a phenomenon centred mainly on the Mediterranean world. With his conquest of the Persian Empire Alexander extended coinage to the east. He issued enormous quantities of coins at many different mints, creating one of the first truly international currencies.
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Heberden Coin Room, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford. As part of the Oxford-Paris Alexander project (OPAL) led by Andrew Meadows (New College, Oxford) and Frédérique Duyrat (Bibliothèque nationale de France), the Heberden Coin Room’s collection of nearly 900 coins in the name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus have been added to the online collection by Simon Glenn.
