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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Hellenistic Monarchies| > |Macedonian Kingdom| > SL89736
Macedonian Kingdom, Alexander The Great, 336 - 323 B.C., Lifetime Issue
|Macedonian| |Kingdom|, |Macedonian| |Kingdom,| |Alexander| |The| |Great,| |336| |-| |323| |B.C.,| |Lifetime| |Issue|, Alexander the Great lifetime issue, struck by his Satrap in Lydia, Menander. Menander, the commander of a force of mercenaries in Alexander's army, was appointed by Alexander as the satrap in Lydia in 331. In 323 B.C., he was commissioned to conduct a reinforcement of troops to Alexander at Babylon, where he arrived there just before Alexander's death. In the division of the provinces after the death of Alexander, Menander received his former government of Lydia. He appears soon to have attached himself to the party of Antigonus. In the new distribution of the provinces at Triparadisus in 321 B.C., he lost the government of Lydia, which was given to Cleitus; but this was probably a promotion by Antigonus, as he commanded part of Antigonus' army in the first campaign against Eumenes in 320 B.C. The following year, Menander learned of the escape of Eumenes from Nora, and advanced with an army into Cappadocia to attack him, forcing him to take refuge in Cilicia. After this, no further mention of Menander is found in history.
SL89736. Silver drachm, Price 2559; ADM I Sardes Series X, 103; HGC 914e; Müller Alexander -; SNG Alpha Bank -; SNG Munchen -; SNG Cop -, NGC Ch AU*, strike 5/5, surface 5/5 (4282832-003), Lydia, Sardes (Sart, Turkey) mint, weight 4.26g, maximum diameter 14.0mm, die axis 0o, struck under Menander, c. 324 - 223 B.C.; obverse head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean Lion skin, scalp over head, forepaws tied at neck; reverse Zeus Aëtophoros enthroned left, nude to waist, himation around hips and legs, eagle in extended right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, feet on footstool, left leg drawn back, head of Mithras with Phrygian cap left, IΘP below throne, AΛEΞANΔPOY downward behind; ex CNG auction 108 (16 May 2018), lot 70 (realized $1300 plus fees); NGC| Lookup; scarce; SOLD



  






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