100% GENUINE
ANCIENT GREEK SILVER DRACHM OF RULER ALEXANDER THE GREAT
/Struck 3rd-2nd Century B.C.E
Weight - 3.81 grams
Size - 1.8 cm
Kallatis, Thrace, AR drachm, 3rd-2nd C. BC. Head of
Herakles right wearing lionskin headdress / KAΛΛATIA between a corn-ear and
club above and a bowcase below.
Rare and desirable type
Alexander III of Macedon (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Γʹ ὁ Μακεδών,
Aléxandros III ho Makedȏn; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), commonly
known as Alexander the Great (Greek: ὁ Μέγας, ho Mégas), was a king (basileus)
of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon[a] and a member of the Argead dynasty.
He was born in Pella in 356 BC and succeeded his father Philip II to the throne
at the age of 20. He spent most of his ruling years on an unprecedented
military campaign through western Asia and northeast Africa, and by the age of
thirty, he had created one of the largest empires of the ancient world,
stretching from Greece to northwestern India.
He was undefeated in battle and is widely considered one of history's
most successful military commanders.