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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Hellenistic Monarchies| > |Alexander the Great| > SL95870
Macedonian Kingdom, Philip III & Alexander IV - Ptolemy Keraunos, c. 323 - 280 B.C., In the Name of Alexander
|Alexander| |the| |Great|, |Macedonian| |Kingdom,| |Philip| |III| |&| |Alexander| |IV| |-| |Ptolemy| |Keraunos,| |c.| |323| |-| |280| |B.C.,| |In| |the| |Name| |of| |Alexander|, Ptolemy Keraunos was the King of Macedon from 281 BC to 279 B.C. His epithet Keraunos is Greek for "Thunder" or "Thunderbolt." He was the eldest son of Ptolemy I Soter of Egypt. After his younger half-brother, also called Ptolemy, ascended to the throne as Ptolemy II, Keraunos had to leave Egypt, being a potential rival for the throne. He arrived at the first at the court of Lysimachus and then moved to the court of Seleucus. After Lysimachus' defeat and death in the Battle of Corupedium in 281 B.C., Keraunos murdered Seleucus I in order to take the power of his former protector. He then rushed to Lysimacheia where he had himself acclaimed king by the Macedonian army. He did not rule long. In 279 B.C., he was captured and killed fighting against the massive raids by Gauls into Macedonia and Greece.
SL95870. Silver drachm, Price 2780, SNG Cop 967, Müller Alexander -, NGC XF, strike 4/5, surface 4/5 (5768432-011), uncertain Western Anatolia mint, weight 4.176g, maximum diameter 18.0mm, die axis 0o, 323 - 280 B.C.; obverse head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean Lion skin, scalp over head, forepaws tied at neck; reverse Zeus Aëtophoros seated left on backless throne, nude to waist, himation around hips and legs, eagle in right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, right leg drawn back, feet on footstool, monogram left, AΛEΞANΔPOY (Alexander) downward on right; NGC| Lookup; scarce; SOLD



  






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