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Message:: [QUOTE="Ryro, post: 5007251, member: 91461"]The title may be miss leading. Though, yes, this is a dream coin, this is not about all of the different abilities of Alexander the great. Certainly he was an amazing King, King of Kings, Pharaoh, Statesman, planner, administrator oh and apparently he was also a general?!? Who knew<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />That's not this post though. This is literally about the different "hats" of Alexander. The man was given not only the world's greatest head of hair, but also shown to wear many different things on his head!I'll start with my latest dream coin recently acquired from the last Obols auction by Nomos!The helmeted Alexander:[ATTACH=full]1201339[/ATTACH]Seleukos I Nikator,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 to right, as Dionysos, wearing helmet covered with a panther skin and adorned with a bull's horn and ear, and with a panther'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 Now yes, as [USER=86498]@Terence Cheesman[/USER] very astutely put it in the interesting coin thread by [USER=99177]@Marsman[/USER], "For years there has been a debate as to whom is depicted on the obverse. The three main contenders were Alexander the Great Seleukos I Nikator or the god Dionysos." (Would love to see that tet again, if you have time ).However, due to later Roman provincial coins like this:[ATTACH=full]1201344[/ATTACH]MACEDON, Koinon of Macedon: Pseudo-autonomous issue, time of Gordian III (238-244). Beroea mint. 9.4gr, 25mm.Obv: AΛΕΧΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Head of Alexander the Great right, wearing crested Attic helmet with griffin on the bowlRev: KOINON MAKEΔONΩN B NЄΩΚΟΡ, Warrior right on horseback right (presumed to be Alexander on Bucephalus); star below.Cf. AMNG III 770.Scarce. Alexander’s name clear.Ex: AMCC 2 consigned by tenbobbit I tend (so want) to believe it still is ATG.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie80" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />Certainly, he always looks majestic with an elephant skin on his head! (Must've been the non African elephants to fit on Alexander's head)[ATTACH=full]1201340[/ATTACH]Ptolemy I Soter305-282 BCE. Æ (15mm, 3.85 g, 12h). Tyre mint. Struck after 294 or 289/8 BC. Diademed head of Alexander the Great right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings displayed. Of course he liked to dress up like Herakles:It is debatable on many coin types if it's supposed to be Alexander as Herakles or just the herky jerk himself:[ATTACH=full]1201345[/ATTACH]MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). AR tetradrachm (15.98 gm). About VF, countermark, graffito. Late posthumous issue of Perga, dated CY 27 (195/4 BC). Heracles wearing lion-skin, AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus seated left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, feet on ground line, eagle in right hand, scepter in left; KI in left field, Seleucid anchor countermark in rectangle in outer right field. Price 2941 He is caught on many coins wearing the horn of Zues Ammon:[ATTACH=full]1201342[/ATTACH]Lysimachos            Pella,305-281 BC.Tetradrachm AR 27mm., 15,95g. Head of the deified Alexander the Great to right, wearing diadem with fluttering ends and with the horn of Ammon around his ear / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ, Athena, wearing robes and helmet, seated to left on throne, holding Nike on her right hand and resting her left elbow on large round shield adorned with a gorgoneion; to left monogram. very fine. Thompson 253; Müller 471. Possibly he liked to dress up as the winged head of Medusa (don't judge. And what's up with all of Seleukos coins looking like ATG but we still aren't sure if its him??):[ATTACH=full]1201343[/ATTACH]Seleukos I Nikator312-281 BCE. Æ (15mm, 2.48 g,). Uncertain mint. Winged head of Medusa right / Bull butting right; controls not visible.Former SAVOCA coin But again, when you have a head of hair like this, who needs hats???[ATTACH=full]1201341[/ATTACH] MACEDON. KoinonPseudo-autonomous. Time of Gordian III (238-244). Ae.Obv: ΑΛЄZΑΝΔΡΟV.Head of Alexander the Great right (as Hercules), wearing lion skin.Rev: KOINON MAKЄΔONΩN NЄΩ.Alexander on his horse, Bucephalus, galloping right.AMNG III 734.Very fine. 11.9 g.24 mm.Former SAVOCA coin So please, show off those coins of all the different likenesses of Alexander the great, the Diadochi, observations and opinions (along with coins of course) are always appreciated<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]

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