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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 7669509, member: 91461&quot;]There&#039;s just something bad ace about a helmeted hero that gives a unique feel for them as they are rearing and ready to go do what they do best, kill and conquer!</p><p>One of my favorite side projects is collecting all the different Koinon depicting Alexander the Great. And one of my favorite of these types is him helmeted (for obvious reasons). But they don&#039;t come around often nor in great shape.</p><p>I picked up this buster some time back and wrote about it: <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/helmeted-alexander-the-great-koinon-and-on-and-on.350151/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/helmeted-alexander-the-great-koinon-and-on-and-on.350151/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/helmeted-alexander-the-great-koinon-and-on-and-on.350151/</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1317858[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And just came across and snatched up this bad boy:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1317859[/ATTACH] </p><p>Koinon of Macedon. Pseudo-autonomous issue. Tetrassarion (Bronze, 25 mm, 12.31 g, 6 h), time of Severus Alexander, 222-235. ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡ૪ Head of Alexander III &#039;the Great&#039; to right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with a griffin on the bowl. Rev. ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΚЄΔΟΝΩ ΝЄΩK Alexander, wearing lion skin headdress, riding Boukephalos to right, thrusting spear; below, star. AMNG III 444 var. (ΜΑΚЄΔΟΝΩN).</p><p>&quot;An interesting minor detail about this coin is the lion skin headdress that Alexander is wearing on the reverse. This attribute linked the great king with Herakles and was clearly derived from Alexander&#039;s well-known Attic silver tetradrachms.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Not to be confused with these rad drachms and tets, of whoms appearance is up for debate. The above coins are most certainly a Roman idealization of Alexander III.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1317862[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Seleukos I Nikator,</b></p><p>312-281 BC. Drachm (Silver, 16.5 mm, 4.25 g, 12 h), probably Seleukeia on the Tigris, after circa 305/4 BC . Bust of Alexander the Great/Seleukos (?) to right, as Dionysos, wearing helmet covered with a panther skin and adorned with a bull&#039;s horn and ear, and with a panther&#039;s skin tied around his shoulders. Rev. ΒΑΣIΛΕΩΣ [ΣΕ]ΛΕΥΚΟΥ Nike standing to right, placing wreath on trophy; between Nike and trophy, monogram. HGC 9, 35. SC 197. Toned. Very fine. Ex: Nomos Obols</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]BsrqKE1iqqo[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>Let&#039;s see your favorite generals wearing helmets, ATG, upgrades or whatever you feel prepares us for WAR!!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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