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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 24769085, member: 99456"][ATTACH=full]1584502[/ATTACH]Gérard Edelinck (1640–1707) after Charles le Brun (1619-1690), <a href="https://graphicarts.princeton.edu/2014/06/08/alexander-and-hephaistion-visit-the-family-of-darius/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://graphicarts.princeton.edu/2014/06/08/alexander-and-hephaistion-visit-the-family-of-darius/" rel="nofollow">Alexander and Hephaistion Visit the Family of Darius in their Tent after the Battle of Issus</a>, 1661. Diptych engraving.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a few cities that bear Alexander the Great's name (Iskandar is Persian for Alexander). </p><ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai-Khanoum" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai-Khanoum" rel="nofollow">Ai-Khanoum</a>(Alexandria on the Oxus), Afghanistan</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_Arachosia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_Arachosia" rel="nofollow">Alexandria Arachosia</a>, Afghanistan; now called <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandahar" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandahar" rel="nofollow">Kandahar</a> (a contraction of Iskandahar)</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_Ariana" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_Ariana" rel="nofollow">Alexandria Ariana</a>, Afghanistan</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_Bucephalous" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_Bucephalous" rel="nofollow">Alexandria Bucephalous</a>, Pakistan, on the Jhelum River (formerly Hydaspes)</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_in_Orietai" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_in_Orietai" rel="nofollow">Alexandria in Orietai</a>, Balochistan, Pakistan</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_Carmania" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_Carmania" rel="nofollow">Alexandria Carmania</a>, unknown site in Kerman Province, Iran</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_Eschate" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_Eschate" rel="nofollow">Alexandria Eschate</a>, "the Farthest", Tajikistan</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_on_the_Caucasus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_on_the_Caucasus" rel="nofollow">Alexandria on the Caucasus</a>, Afghanistan</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_on_the_Indus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_on_the_Indus" rel="nofollow">Alexandria on the Indus</a>, Pakistan</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_Troas" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_Troas" rel="nofollow">Alexandria Troas</a>, Turkey</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alinda" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alinda" rel="nofollow">Alinda</a>, Alexandria by the Latmos, Turkey</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cebrene" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cebrene" rel="nofollow">Cebrene</a>, formerly Alexandria, Turkey</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charax_Spasinu" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charax_Spasinu" rel="nofollow">Charax Spasinu</a>, Alexandria in Susiana, Iraq</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazni" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazni" rel="nofollow">Ghazni</a>, Alexandria in Opiania, Afghanistan</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iskandariya" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iskandariya" rel="nofollow">Iskandariya</a>, Alexandria, Iraq</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iskenderun" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iskenderun" rel="nofollow">Iskenderun</a>, Alexandria ad Issum, Turkey</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merv" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merv" rel="nofollow">Merv</a>, Turkmenistan, sometimes also called Alexandria in Margiana</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandropolis_Maedica" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandropolis_Maedica" rel="nofollow">Alexandropolis Maedica</a>, founded by Alexander the Great in 340 BC</li> </ul><p><br /></p><p>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. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1584500[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Alexandria ad Issum, Cilicia</b>, AE (20mm, 6.64g), circa 164-27 BC</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Head of Alexander - Herakles right, wearing lion's skin.</p><p><b>Rev: </b>AΛЄΞANΔPЄΩN, Zeus (or Alexander or Hero?) standing left, raising right arm, holding a wreath; to left, AP monogram.</p><p><b>Ref:</b> SNG BN 2407; SNG Levante 1834.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is even a link between Lucius Cornelius Sulla and this coin. For more on this coin and the Battle of Issos...see <a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/alexandria-ad-issum" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/alexandria-ad-issum" rel="nofollow">Alexandria ad Issum</a>, <a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/alexandria-ad-issum" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/alexandria-ad-issum" rel="nofollow">https://www.sullacoins.com/post/alexandria-ad-issum</a></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Post your coins from Alexandria (any Alexandria) or anything else that you find interesting or entertaining.</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 24769085, member: 99456"][ATTACH=full]1584502[/ATTACH]Gérard Edelinck (1640–1707) after Charles le Brun (1619-1690), [URL='https://graphicarts.princeton.edu/2014/06/08/alexander-and-hephaistion-visit-the-family-of-darius/']Alexander and Hephaistion Visit the Family of Darius in their Tent after the Battle of Issus[/URL], 1661. Diptych engraving. Here are a few cities that bear Alexander the Great's name (Iskandar is Persian for Alexander). [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai-Khanoum']Ai-Khanoum[/URL](Alexandria on the Oxus), Afghanistan [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_Arachosia']Alexandria Arachosia[/URL], Afghanistan; now called [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandahar']Kandahar[/URL] (a contraction of Iskandahar) [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_Ariana']Alexandria Ariana[/URL], Afghanistan [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_Bucephalous']Alexandria Bucephalous[/URL], Pakistan, on the Jhelum River (formerly Hydaspes) [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_in_Orietai']Alexandria in Orietai[/URL], Balochistan, Pakistan [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_Carmania']Alexandria Carmania[/URL], unknown site in Kerman Province, Iran [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_Eschate']Alexandria Eschate[/URL], "the Farthest", Tajikistan [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_on_the_Caucasus']Alexandria on the Caucasus[/URL], Afghanistan [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_on_the_Indus']Alexandria on the Indus[/URL], Pakistan [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_Troas']Alexandria Troas[/URL], Turkey [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alinda']Alinda[/URL], Alexandria by the Latmos, Turkey [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cebrene']Cebrene[/URL], formerly Alexandria, Turkey [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charax_Spasinu']Charax Spasinu[/URL], Alexandria in Susiana, Iraq [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazni']Ghazni[/URL], Alexandria in Opiania, Afghanistan [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iskandariya']Iskandariya[/URL], Alexandria, Iraq [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iskenderun']Iskenderun[/URL], Alexandria ad Issum, Turkey [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merv']Merv[/URL], Turkmenistan, sometimes also called Alexandria in Margiana [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandropolis_Maedica']Alexandropolis Maedica[/URL], founded by Alexander the Great in 340 BC [/LIST] 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. [ATTACH=full]1584500[/ATTACH] [B]Alexandria ad Issum, Cilicia[/B], AE (20mm, 6.64g), circa 164-27 BC [B]Obv:[/B] Head of Alexander - Herakles right, wearing lion's skin. [B]Rev: [/B]AΛЄΞANΔPЄΩN, Zeus (or Alexander or Hero?) standing left, raising right arm, holding a wreath; to left, AP monogram. [B]Ref:[/B] 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 [URL='https://www.sullacoins.com/post/alexandria-ad-issum']Alexandria ad Issum[/URL], [URL]https://www.sullacoins.com/post/alexandria-ad-issum[/URL] [B]Post your coins from Alexandria (any Alexandria) or anything else that you find interesting or entertaining.[/B][/QUOTE]
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