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Macedonian Kingdom, Alexander the Great, 336 - 323 B.C.
When Antipater transferred the regency of Macedon to Polyperchon, Kassander rejected his father's decision, obtained support from Antigonus, Ptolemy, and Lysimachus, defeated Polyperchon, and in 317 B.C. declared himself Regent. After Olympias had Philip III assassinated later that year, Kassander besieged her in Pydna. The city fell two years later, Olympias was killed, and Alexander IV and Roxanne were imprisoned. To associate himself with the Argead dynasty Kassander married Alexander's half-sister, Thessalonica. About 310 B.C. he had Alexander IV and Roxanne poisoned. Kassander proclaimed himself King in 305 B.C. After Antigonus was killed at the Battle of Ipsus in 301 B.C., Kassander held undisputed rule of Macedonia. He had little time to savor the fact, dying of dropsy in 297 B.C.GS72556. Silver tetradrachm, Price 681, Müller 887, Armenak Hoard 105, Noe Sicyon 28, SNG Munchen -, SNG Saroglos -, SNG Alpha Bank -, aVF, attractive style, toned, bumps and marks, some very light corrosion, Corinth mint, weight 16.790g, maximum diameter 29.6mm, die axis 90o, Kassander - Antigonos II Gonatas, 310 - 275 B.C.; obverse head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean Lion skin, scalp over head, forepaws tied at neck; reverse AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus Aëtophoros enthroned left, high-backed throne, nude to waist, himation around hips and legs, eagle extended in right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, feet on footstool, right foot drawn back, aplustre lower left, NO under throne strut; SOLD
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