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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 7751953, member: 51347&quot;]He looked like…</p><p><br /></p><p><b>HERAKLES</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2021-2-14_16-19-34-png.1253196/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Makedonwn Kingdom, </p><p>Antigonus I Monophthalmus, </p><p>323 - 301 B.C., </p><p>In the Name of Alexander the Great</p><p>Silver Drachm, 3.9g, maximum diameter 16.5mm, die axis 0o</p><p><b>Magnesia ad Maeandrum mint</b>, c. 319 - c. 305 BCE</p><p><b>Obv:</b> head of Herakles right, clad in Nemean Lion scalp headdress tied at neck</p><p><b>Rev:</b> AΛEΞAN∆POY, Zeus seated left on throne without back, nude to waist, himation around hips and legs, right leg drawn back, feet on footstool, eagle in extended right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, ΣΩ monogram left, AT monogram under throne</p><p>Ref: Price 1970, Müller Alexander 793, Prokesch-Osten II 84, SNG Cop -, SNG München -, SNG Alpha Bank</p><p>Comment: gVF, nice style, dark toning</p><p>Antigonos I Monophthalmos (&quot;the One-eyed&quot;) (382 B.C. - 301 B.C.) was a nobleman, general, and governor under Alexander the Great. Upon Alexander&#039;s death in 323 B.C., he established himself as one of the successors and declared himself King in 306 B.C. The most powerful satraps of the empire, Kassander, Seleukos, Ptolemy and Lysimachos, answered by also proclaiming themselves kings. Antigonos found himself at war with all four, largely because his territory shared borders with all of them. He died in battle at Ipsus in 301 B.C. Antigonos&#039; kingdom was divided up, with Seleukos I Nicator gaining the most. His son, Demetrios I Poliorketes, took Makedon, which the family held, off and on, until it was conquered by Rome in 168 BCE</p><p><i>Ex: Forum Ancient Coins</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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