Alexander the Great Tetradrachm 221 BC Ancient Greek Silver Coin Julian the Apostate 5g in weight

5g in weight

António Luís Gomes de Moraes Sarmento (1851-1929)

This coin measures 19mm in diameter

One of a small number of emperors whose memories were officially condemned by the Senate through the process of damnatio memoriae

Alexander the Great Tetradrachm 221 BC Ancient Greek Silver Coin Julian the Apostate 5g in weightObverse: Head of the Greek god Heracles (Hercules) wearing lion skin headdress Reverse: Zeus (king of the gods) seated on his throne with eagle perched on his hand Date: c. 221 220 B. C., Perge mint Reference: Price 2915 Composition: Silver Size: 26. 5mm diameter, 16. 65g weight In 336 B. C., Alexander ascended to the throne of the small kingdom of Macedon in Greece. Less than a decade later, he had conquered half of the known world, building an