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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtisimo, post: 2760747, member: 83845&quot;]Not a stupid question at all.&nbsp; There is actually a lot of controversy about when images of Alexander first started appearing on coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you look at the chart I posted in my OP the No. 1 tetradrachm is usually considered to show Heracles.&nbsp; It was a well established type showing Heracles well before Alexander was even born but some scholars claim that during Alexander&#039;s reign the features on the obverse started to resemble Alexander.&nbsp; This might be true of some of the mints in Asia but most agree that it was never officially recognized as Alexander.</p><p><br /></p><p>This type is Heracles (beautiful image borrowed from [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER] <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]634474[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>These next show Alexander and were struck by his successors after his death to associate themselves with his legacy</p><p><br /></p><p>Lysimachus King of Thrace</p><p>[ATTACH=full]634475[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Ptolemy I King of Egypt (another TIF coin - her coins are great for illustrations)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]634476[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Notice that both have horns <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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