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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Terence Cheesman, post: 6459602, member: 86498&quot;]Back in September 2019 (Planchet Vol 66 Issue 5) I wrote an article on my thoughts on Alexander I of Macedon as I had just bought this coin</p><p>Alexander I Ar Oktradrachm Aigai? Mint 492-480/479 BC Obv Horseman standing behind horse all facing right. Anepigraphic Rv Quadripartite incuse square. 28.43 grms 30mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1257842[/ATTACH]</p><p>I do not think he was a Persian puppet however I do think he could walk upright under a snakes belly wearing a top hat. He was certainly duplicitous and I do not think he particularly liked the Persians though he did use them to expand his territory. His midnight ride on the eve of Plataea does raise some suspicions of &quot;fake news&quot; however there is absolutely no evidence that his army ever crossed swords with Greek forces during the campaign by the Persians to invade Greece. His activities after the battle are questioned though it is likely that he had allowed the more disciplined remnants of the Persian army to escape while slaughtering the disorganized rabble fleeing the battlefield.&nbsp; Even this coin is wonderfully ambiguous.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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