Jk. Sort of. But seriously, an amazing job done here as they've really done a pretty spot on, if not a little idealized, job of putting together a "photograph" of everybody's favorite conqueror (bite your tongue @Alegandron) . I just wish the artist would have cited the places they utilized to come to this male model version. I know he was universally known as being a beautiful man. Still, I imagine him as the coins and busts portray, with a bit more of that cro-magnon man brow. But nevertheless, here is their final product, bask in the glow...: https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/09/22/artist-uses-ai-to-recreate-face-of-alexander-the-great/?amp Here are a few of my coins clearly identifiable as being of ATG: Lysimachus Ptolemy I Soter 305-282 BCE. Æ (15mm, 3.85 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Struck after 294 or 289/8 BC. Diademed head of Alexander the Great right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings displayed. Ptolemy III Euergetes AE Obol. Alexandria Mint 246-222 BCE. Obverse: Deified head of Alexander the Great right, wearing elephant skin. Reverse: Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, head right, cornucopia over shoulder; E between legs. References: Svoronos 976; SNG Copenhagen 232. Size: 24mm, 10.36g. Numismatic Notes: Good VF grade and done in choice style! KOINON OF MACEDON Æ25, 8.7g, 6h; 3rd century AD. Obv.: AΛEΞANΔPOY; Diademed bust of Alexander the Great right. Rev.: KOINON MAKEΔONΩN; Horseman galloping right. MACEDON. Koinon Pseudo-autonomous. Time of Gordian III (238-244). Ae.Obv: ΑΛЄZΑΝΔΡΟV. Head of Alexander the Great right (as Hercules), wearing lion skin.Rev: KOINON MAKЄΔONΩN NЄΩ. Alexander on his horse, Bucephalus, galloping right. AMNG III 734. Very fine. 11.9 g.24 mm. Fomer SAVOCA coin Macedon, Koinon of Macedon Æ26. Pseudo-autonomous issue, time of Gordian III, AD 238-244. AΛEΞANΔPOV, diademed head of Alexander III 'the Great' right, thunderbolt below / KOINON MAKEΔONΩN B NEΩKOPΩ, table with two prize urns. Cf. AMNG III, 691. 14.18g, 26mm, 5h. Very Fine. Ex: Savoca MACEDON, Koinon of Macedon: Pseudo-autonomous issue, time of Gordian III (238-244). Beroea mint. 9.4gr, 25mm. Obv: AΛΕΧΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Head of Alexander the Great right, wearing crested Attic helmet with griffin on the bowl Rev: KOINON MAKEΔONΩN B NЄΩΚΟΡ, Warrior right on horseback right (presumed to be Alexander on Bucephalus); star below. Cf. AMNG III 770. Scarce. Alexander’s name clear. Ex: AMCC 2 consigned by tenbobbit 1990, 100 Greek Drachmes Alexander the Great Composition: Aluminum-Bronze Weight: 10.0000g Obverse: Radiant design within circle Reverse: Head right Edge Description: Segmented reeding Please post coins that depict Alexander the great
Can totally see it! But I was getting more of a Leif Garrett vibe: Plus, minus one for not posting a coin!
Be careful! You don’t want me to bust out another CAN of WHOOP-AS PHILIP II !!! Makedon Philip II AE 18 Apollo - Youth Horseback spear hd below 359-356 BCE 18mm 6.2g SNG ANS 850-1
Some great Alexander's Ryro, my only one. Roman Provincial. MACEDON. Koinon of Macedonia. Pseudo-autonamous 222 AD to 249 AD . Æ (27mm, 11.19 g, 6h). Beroea mint. OBV: AΛEΞANΔPOC bust of Alexander the Great right, flowing hair. REV: KOINMA KE ΔONΩN.B.NE Two tetrastyle temple façades; in field between, column surmounted by statue. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, green surfaces, ragged edge, some smoothing and roughness.
Ooooh! That's a great coin! I love these Koinon coins with Alexander. I have a few and have been keeping a lookout for them... but if they get noticed, they usually don't go cheaply. One of my favorites is not in good condition but rare and tells a good story... the taming of Bucephalus by Alexander.
Stunning portrait and great detail on the reverse @Ancient Aussie! Here's my favorite Koinon portrait:
My Koinon coin with ATG: Time of Severus Alexander, AD 231-235. Quasi-autonomous AE 25.1 mm, 11.60 g, 7 h. Koinon of Macedon. Obv: AΛЄΞANΔPOV, diademed head of Alexander the Great with flowing hair, right. Rev: KOINON MAKЄΔONΩN NЄΩ, Alexander, his cloak fluttering behind him and raising right arm, galloping his horse, right. Refs: AMNG III 388; cf. BMC Macedonia p.24, 120; cf. Lindgren II 1374.
ROMAN REPUBLIC MACEDONIA PROvINCIAL RR Macedon occupation Alexander - Club Coin chest Quaestor Chair wreath Aesillas Quaestor AR Tet Thessalonika Mint BC 90-70 AFTER DEATH Thrace -Lysimachos AR Tet 14.3g 28.7mm 305-281 BCE RARE Alexander head-Ammon horns - rev Lysimachos Athena
Let's ask Alexander if that coin could woop anything? “Men of Macedon, what a fine hero the states of Greece have to lead their armies from Europe to Asia! he is not able to pass from one table to another without falling!”
I am always amazed at the artistic beauty of coins from the Hellenistic age. Compare this bust of Seleucus I Nikator on a posthumous tetradrachm, to a statue of his. Not my coin, but boy I wish it was!!