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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Edessa, post: 4770933, member: 84065&quot;]Kings of Macedon. Alexander III &#039;The Great&#039;, 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 17.23g). Amphipolis mint. Lifetime issue, struck under Antipater, 332-326 BC. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion&#039;s skin headdress. Rev: AΛEΞANΔPOY; Zeus seated left, holding eagle and scepter; club above monogram in left field. Ref: Price 70; Troxell Group D9. Ex VAuctions.</p><p><br /></p><p>After defeating rebellious Sparta and it&#039;s allies in the battle of Megalopolis in Arcadia, 331 BC: &quot;Alexander appears to have been quite jealous of Antipater&#039;s victory; according to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutarch" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutarch" rel="nofollow">Plutarch</a>, the king wrote in a letter to his viceroy: &quot;It seems, my friends that while we have been conquering Darius here, there has been a battle of mice in Arcadia&quot;. (Wikipedia)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1162123[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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