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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 3358692, member: 51347&quot;][ATTACH=full]889849[/ATTACH]</p><p>Makedon</p><p>Antigonus I Monophthalmus, 323 - 301 B.C., In the Name of Alexander the Great</p><p>AR Drachm, 3.906g, 16.5mm, die axis0o</p><p>Magnesia ad Maeandrum mint, c. 319 - c. 305 BCE</p><p>Obv: , Hd of Alexander R, clad in Nemean Lion scalp headdress tied at neck</p><p>Reverse AΛEΞAN∆POY, Zeus seated left on throne without back, nude to waist, himation around hips and legs, right leg drawn back, feet on footstool, eagle in extended right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, ΣΩ monogram left, AT monogram under throne</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Price1970, Müller Alexander 793, Prokesch-Osten II 84, SNG Cop-, SNG München-, SNG Alpha Bank</p><p>EX: Forum Ancient Coins</p><p><br /></p><p>Antigonos I Monophthalmos (&quot;the One-eyed&quot;) (382 B.C. - 301 B.C.) was a nobleman, general, and governor under Alexander the Great. Upon Alexander&#039;s death in 323 B.C., he established himself as one of the successors and declared himself King in 306 B.C. The most powerful satraps of the empire, Cassander, Seleucus, Ptolemy and Lysimachus, answered by also proclaiming themselves kings. Antigonus found himself at war with all four, largely because his territory shared borders with all of them. He died in battle at Ipsus in 301 B.C. Antigonus&#039; kingdom was divided up, with Seleucus I Nicator gaining the most. His son, Demetrius I Poliorcetes, took Makedon, which the family held, off and on, until it was conquered by Rome in 168 BCE.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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