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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 4891443, member: 91461&quot;][ATTACH=full]1180490[/ATTACH]</p><p>Jk. Sort of.</p><p>But seriously, an amazing job done here as they&#039;ve really done a pretty spot on, if not a little idealized, job of putting together a &quot;photograph&quot; of everybody&#039;s favorite conqueror (bite your tongue [USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER]) .</p><p>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. </p><p>But nevertheless, here is their final product,&nbsp; bask in the glow...:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1180476[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/09/22/artist-uses-ai-to-recreate-face-of-alexander-the-great/?amp" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/09/22/artist-uses-ai-to-recreate-face-of-alexander-the-great/?amp" rel="nofollow">https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/09/22/artist-uses-ai-to-recreate-face-of-alexander-the-great/?amp</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a few of my coins<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> clearly identifiable as being of ATG:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1180483[/ATTACH]</p><p>Lysimachus</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1180484[/ATTACH]</p><p>Ptolemy I Soter</p><p>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.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1180485[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ptolemy III Euergetes</p><p>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!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1180487[/ATTACH]</p><p>KOINON OF MACEDON</p><p>Æ25, 8.7g, 6h; 3rd century AD.</p><p>Obv.: AΛEΞANΔPOY; Diademed bust of Alexander the Great right.</p><p>Rev.: KOINON MAKEΔONΩN; Horseman galloping right.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1180495[/ATTACH]</p><p>MACEDON. Koinon</p><p>Pseudo-autonomous. Time of Gordian III (238-244). Ae.Obv: ΑΛЄZΑΝΔΡΟV.</p><p>Head of Alexander the Great right (as Hercules), wearing lion skin.Rev: KOINON MAKЄΔONΩN NЄΩ.</p><p>Alexander on his horse, Bucephalus, galloping right.</p><p>AMNG III 734.</p><p>Very fine. 11.9 g.24 mm.</p><p>Fomer SAVOCA coin</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1180497[/ATTACH]</p><p>Macedon, Koinon of Macedon Æ26. Pseudo-autonomous issue, time of Gordian III, AD 238-244. AΛEΞANΔPOV, diademed head of Alexander III &#039;the Great&#039; right, thunderbolt below / KOINON MAKEΔONΩN B NEΩKOPΩ, table with two prize urns. Cf. AMNG III, 691. 14.18g, 26mm, 5h.</p><p>Very Fine. Ex: Savoca</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1180501[/ATTACH]</p><p>MACEDON, Koinon of Macedon: Pseudo-autonomous issue, time of Gordian III (238-244). Beroea mint. 9.4gr, 25mm.</p><p>Obv: AΛΕΧΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Head of Alexander the Great right, wearing crested Attic helmet with griffin on the bowl</p><p>Rev: KOINON MAKEΔONΩN B NЄΩΚΟΡ, Warrior right on horseback right (presumed to be Alexander on Bucephalus); star below.</p><p>Cf. AMNG III 770.</p><p>Scarce. Alexander’s name clear.</p><p>Ex: AMCC 2 consigned by tenbobbit</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1180517[/ATTACH]</p><p>1990, 100 Greek Drachmes</p><p>Alexander the Great</p><p>Composition: Aluminum-Bronze</p><p>Weight: 10.0000g</p><p>Obverse: Radiant design within circle</p><p>Reverse: Head right</p><p>Edge Description: Segmented reeding</p><p><br /></p><p>Please post coins that depict Alexander the great<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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