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Macedonian Kingdom, Kassander - Antigonos II Gonatas, c. 310 - 275 B.C., In the Name of Alexander the Great
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.GS75270. Silver drachm, Price 862A, Müller Alexander 283, SNG Cop 976, Meydancikkale 520, SNG Munchen 397 var. (throne with no back), SNG Alpha Bank 565 var. (same), VF, fine style, dark toning, obverse slightly off-center, light marks and scratches, uncertain Greece or Macedonia mint, weight 4.174g, maximum diameter 18.2mm, die axis 0o, c. 310 - 275 B.C.; obverse head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean Lion skin, scalp over head, forepaws tied at neck; reverse AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus seated left on throne with high back, nude to the waist, himation around hips and legs, right leg drawn back, feet on footstool, eagle in extended right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left, apluster in left field; SOLD
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