After Alexander’s death, his general Lysimachus became king of Thrace and part of Asia Minor. He put Alexander’s portrait on his coins with the horn of Ammon, because Alexander had been greeted as the son of Zeus-Ammon at the Siwa oracle in Egypt. The portrait is one of the finest images of Alexander that survives. The issuer of the coin was Lysimachus, whose name is on the reverse.
Castings, Coins, KM
KM-891 Lysimachus Alexander with Horn of Ammon Tetradrachm
$17.50
Gold overlay casting pendant. Obverse: head of Alexander the Great facing right, wearing the ram’s horn of Ammon. Reverse: Athena seated holding a small Nike, her arm resting on a shield, with the legend BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣIMAXOY. Site: ‘Alexander the Great, circa 305-281 BC’. Inscriptions explained: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣIMAXOY (Basileos Lysimachou) is Greek for ‘(coin) of King Lysimachus’.
