Gérard Edelinck (1640–1707) after Charles le Brun (1619-1690), Alexander and Hephaistion Visit the Family of Darius in their Tent after the Battle of Issus, 1661. Diptych engraving. Here are a few cities that bear Alexander the Great's name (Iskandar is Persian for Alexander). Ai-Khanoum(Alexandria on the Oxus), Afghanistan Alexandria Arachosia, Afghanistan; now called Kandahar (a contraction of Iskandahar) Alexandria Ariana, Afghanistan Alexandria Bucephalous, Pakistan, on the Jhelum River (formerly Hydaspes) Alexandria in Orietai, Balochistan, Pakistan Alexandria Carmania, unknown site in Kerman Province, Iran Alexandria Eschate, "the Farthest", Tajikistan Alexandria on the Caucasus, Afghanistan Alexandria on the Indus, Pakistan Alexandria Troas, Turkey Alinda, Alexandria by the Latmos, Turkey Cebrene, formerly Alexandria, Turkey Charax Spasinu, Alexandria in Susiana, Iraq Ghazni, Alexandria in Opiania, Afghanistan Iskandariya, Alexandria, Iraq Iskenderun, Alexandria ad Issum, Turkey Merv, Turkmenistan, sometimes also called Alexandria in Margiana Alexandropolis Maedica, founded by Alexander the Great in 340 BC My latest coin comes from Alexandria at Issum, a city that didn't mint very many coins. It comes with the story of Alexander founding the city after the Battle of Issos in which he defeated Darius III. Alexandria ad Issum, Cilicia, AE (20mm, 6.64g), circa 164-27 BC Obv: Head of Alexander - Herakles right, wearing lion's skin. Rev: AΛЄΞANΔPЄΩN, Zeus (or Alexander or Hero?) standing left, raising right arm, holding a wreath; to left, AP monogram. Ref: SNG BN 2407; SNG Levante 1834. There is even a link between Lucius Cornelius Sulla and this coin. For more on this coin and the Battle of Issos...see Alexandria ad Issum, https://www.sullacoins.com/post/alexandria-ad-issum Post your coins from Alexandria (any Alexandria) or anything else that you find interesting or entertaining.
Hi All, Did I miss the original Alexandria in the list above? That would be ἡ Ἀλεξάνδρεια ἡ πρὸς Αἰγύπτῳ (or 'Alexandria ad Aegyptum' - Alexandria next to Egypt). Here is CPE-B5, one of the earliest bronzes. PTOLEMY I SOTER (SATRAP: 323-305/4 BCE) EGYPT, ALEXANDRIA, SERIES 1: ca 312 BCE Æ Chalkos Size: 9x10 mm Weight: 1.01 g Die Axis:00:00 Broucheion Collection P-2001-12-20.001 OBV: Alexander the Great facing right, diademmed and horned bare head with short, curly hair. Border not visible. REV: Εagle on thunderbolt facing left, wings spread. To left, legend: AΛΕ. In left field in front of eagle's leg: Δ. Border not visible. Refs: Svoronos 31, pl ii, 9 [6 listed]; HistMusFrankfurt 9. Unlisted by Weiser. Notes: From CPE-I: "The bronze coinage was very likely inaugurated in conjunction with a transitional tetradrachm issue (Svoronos 29; CPE 39) that immediately preceded the Athena Promachos series. This issue paired the enthroned Zeus reverse type with a restyled head of Alexander wearing a prominent mitra, and it was on this transitional issue that the eagle on thunderbolt symbol appeared for the first time. The transitional tetradrachm is control linked to the bronze coins CPE B4-B6. In most recent literature the transitional tetradrachm is dated around 316, based on the chronology of GK Jenkins (1967, pp 60-61) and OH Zervos (1967; 1974, p 303). CC Lorber (in 2005) brought the evidence of Ptolemy’s earliest royal bronze coins to bear on the chronology of the tetradrachms. Although some aspects of that paper require revision, a date of c. 312 still appears probable for the transitional issue and the associated bronze coinage." - Broucheion
You didn't but I certainly did leave it off the list! (and not intentionally) Here's a coin of Claudius II from the best known Alexandria. If Alexander did found the city near Issos (evidence leaves it ambiguous) then Alexandria in Egypt would have been the second Alexandria founded by "The Great".
Here is a fun countermark coin from Troas Alexandria. Most of the five countermarks (Apollo, mouse, two lyres -- one incuse, one in relief -- also a horse head in relief, very common grouping found on this type) relate to Apollo Smintheus, the "mouse slayer," to whom there was a local temple: My favorite of the five are the mouse (by far) and the horse: I've got a couple other Roman Provincials from the same city. Here is one rarely seen. Caracalla on horseback riding toward the cult statue of the same Apollo Smintheus: From the Lindgren Collection (unpublished, surely intended for his fourth vol. which was never completed), acquired from the great Malloy Auction XXXIII (19 June 1992), "Local Coinages of the Roman Empire," Lot 278. Most of my Alexandrian are from the Egypt one... A pair of Fallen Horsemen AE2s, one Constantius II and one Gallus: Here are 9 favorites from the Giovanni Dattari (1853/8-1923) Collection with his rubbings (for 8, plus a photo for one from his 1901 catalog):
