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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 3592905, member: 51347&quot;]This guy ALMOST killed Alexander...</p><p><br /></p><p><i>&quot;A rather seldom seen monetary issue of this <b>Persian satrap</b> of some historical importance; particularly nice here is the well-centered, expressive obverse portrait. <b>Spithridates was one of the tragic heroes</b>of the <b>first of four great battles won by Alexander the Great</b> as he progressed eastward from Western Asia Minor, through the Persian realm, all the way to India. Although the veracity of historical accounts purporting to depict pitched battle minutiae can always be brought into some question, Arrian&#039;s chronicle of</i> <b>[the Battle of]<i> Granicus</i></b><i> easily captures the imagination, valiantly thrusting the Macedinonian king into center field at the helm of his troops, cutting down opposing leaders while barely escaping their own mortal blows... </i><b><i>The closest of the latter calls was apparently a deadly swing of Spithridates&#039; scimitar aimed at Alexander, negated in the last moment through a nifty move by Cleitus, son of Dropides... The rest was, as they say - history, </i></b><i>and regardless of whether one believes that </i><b><i>Spithridates was truly within a hair of irrevocably changing it </i>[Western History]<i>,</i></b><i> he did earn his place in it - as should this fine piece in a collection of any historically-minded ancient coin enthusiast.&quot;&nbsp; </i>[Brackets and BOLD are my editing for some clarity.]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2017-11-10_8-4-59-png.699888/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Persian Empire</b></p><p><b>Spithridates, Achaemenid satrap of Sparda (Lydia and Ionia)</b></p><p><b>ca 334 BC </b></p><p><b>AE10, 1.20g</b></p><p><b>Obv:</b> Head of satrap r., wearing Persian headdress</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Forepart of galloping horse r., monogram above, Greek PI below</p><p><b>Ref:</b> VA 1823, Klein 367, Cop 1538</p><p><b>Comment:</b> VF+ / VF , rev. bit o/c, highlighted olive green-brown patina, scarce</p><p><br /></p><p><b><i><span style="color: #b30000">Next up: Another NON-Makedonwn (Non-Macedonian) coin that is contemporary to Alexander III</span></i></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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