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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;THCoins, post: 3194443, member: 57364&quot;]Nice posthumous Alexanders all !</p><p>To diverge a bit i though i&#039;d show a bit later relic of the legacy of Alexander the Great. Below is a Bull and Horseman Jital issued under Ala-al-Din Muhammad Khwarezmshah (ca 1200-20AD).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]825332[/ATTACH] </p><p>Now what has this to do with Alexander the Great ?</p><p>Well, Ala-ud-Din had a high esteem of himself. One of the titles he adorned himself with was &quot;Iskandar al-Thani&quot;. This title is also partially visible in Arab script in front of the bull&#039;s chest here. And &quot;Iskander al-Thani&quot; means nothing else than &quot;Alexander the Second&quot;. This humble coin illustrates that the reputation of Alexander the Great then already held a place in peoples imagination for 1500 years.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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