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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 4988986, member: 110226&quot;]Yes, that is a possibility.&nbsp; Based on my reading of Renault&#039;s <i>The</i> <i>Persian Boy</i>, Alexander&#039;s India campaign nearly cost him his life when he suffered a severe wound during the siege of a fortification.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Additionally, when his army persuaded him to turn back from India to Persia, the resulting march through brutal desert terrain cost him dearly in men and caused more damage to his health.&nbsp; When his long time friend and lover, Hephaistion died in Susa a few months before his death, Alexander&#039;s mental health deteriorated.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, I can see that his portrait shows him aged and haggard.&nbsp; I am not sure if this is a true image of him, and it would be interesting to know if the lifetime coinage of Alexander III is based on his actual likeness, or if, instead, it was an engraver&#039;s notion of what he might have looked like.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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