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Silver tetradrachm
minted at Lampsacus by Lysimachus between 298-281BC, obverse=
Alexander the Great deified with the ram�s horns of Zeus-Ammon and wearing the royal diadem, reverse= Athena seated and bearing Nike (Victory), who pours a libation over the name of Lysimachus |
Silver tetradrachm of
Alexander the Great minted in Babylon c. 320BC, obverse =Heracles,
reverse =enthroned Zeus (mu-tau-rho monogram for �metropolis�) |
Bronze drachm of
Antoninus Pius minted in Alexandria in year 22 (AD159-160),
obverse=head of emperor, reverse =Alexandria/ Alexander wearing the elephant scalp |
Bronze drachm of
Antoninus Pius minted in Alexandria in year 22 (AD159-160),
obverse=head of emperor, reverse =Alexandria/ Alexander wearing the elephant scalp |
Bronze drachm of Antoninus Pius minted in Alexandria (year 14,
AD151-152), obverse =head of emperor, reverse =Triptolemus/ Alexander wearing the elephant scalp and riding in a serpent biga (two-beast chariot) |
Silver tetradrachm of
Ptolemy Soter as Satrap (overstruck to reduced standard c. 310BC),
obverse =Alexander in an elephant scalp, reverse=Athena |
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Bronze drachm of the
Empress Faustina II minted in Alexandria (year 14 of Pius,
AD151-152), obverse=head of empress, reverse =Triptolemus/ Alexander wearing the elephant scalp and riding in a serpent biga (two-beast chariot) |
Bronze drachm of Hadrian
minted in Alexandria in year 15 (AD130-131), obverse=head of
emperor, reverse =Alexandria/ Alexander wearing the elephant scalp kisses the hand of the emperor in greeting on the occasion of his visit to the city |
Bronze drachm of Hadrian
minted in Alexandria in year 15 (AD130-131), obverse=head of
emperor, reverse =Alexandria/ Alexander wearing the elephant scalp kisses the hand of the emperor in greeting on the occasion of his visit to the city |
Bronze drachm of Hadrian
minted in Alexandria in year 15 (AD130-131), obverse=head of
emperor, reverse =Alexandria/ Alexander wearing the elephant scalp kisses the hand of the emperor in greeting on the occasion of his visit to the city |
Billon (silver alloy) tetradrachm of Hadrian minted in Alexandria in
year 15 (AD130-131), obverse=head of emperor, reverse =Alexandria/ Alexander wearing the elephant scalp and bearing and the vexillum (military standard) and ears of corn greets the emperor on the occasion of his visit to the city |
Billon (silver alloy)
tetradrachm of Hadrian minted in Alexandria in year 15 (AD130-131),
obverse=head of emperor, reverse =Alexandria/ Alexander wearing the elephant scalp and bearing and the vexillum (military standard) and ears of corn greets the emperor on the occasion of his visit to the city |
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Bronze drachm of Hadrian
minted in Alexandria in year 18 (AD133-134), obverse=head of
emperor, Isis Pharia with a billowing sail and the Pharos lighthouse surmounted by a statue and with Tritons (fish-tailed sons of Poseidon) on the stage below |
Bronze drachm of Hadrian
minted in Alexandria in year 16 (AD131-132), obverse=head of
emperor, reverse=emperor in a quadriga (four-horse chariot) |
Bronze drachm of Hadrian
minted in Alexandria in year 14 (AD129-130), obverse=head of
emperor, reverse =Alexandria/ Alexander wearing the elephant scalp greets the emperor arriving in Alexandria in a quadriga |
Bronze drachm of Hadrian
minted in Alexandria in year 15 (AD130-131), obverse=head of
emperor, reverse =Alexandria/ Alexander wearing the elephant scalp greets the emperor arriving in Alexandria in a quadriga |
Bronze drachm of Hadrian minted in Alexandria (year 17, AD132-133),
obverse=head of emperor, reverse =Triptolemus/ Alexander wearing the elephant scalp and riding in a serpent biga (two-beast chariot), the serpents wear the skhent crown of upper and lower Egypt |
Billon tetradrachm of
Hadrian minted in Alexandria (year 21, AD136-137), obverse=head of
emperor, reverse =Triptolemus/ Alexander wearing the elephant scalp and riding in a serpent biga (two-beast chariot) |
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Billon (silver alloy)
tetradrachm of Nero minted in Alexandria in year 12 (AD66-67),
obverse= head of emperor, reverse =Alexandria/ Alexander wearing the elephant scalp |
Billon (silver alloy)
tetradrachm of Otho minted in Alexandria in year 1 (AD69),
obverse=head of emperor, reverse =Alexandria/ Alexander wearing the elephant scalp with legend ALEXANDREA |
Bronze of Ptolemy V
Epiphanes minted in Alexandria between 204-180BC, Obverse=Head of
Alexander wearing elephant scalp, reverse=eagle holding a thunderbolt with legend PTOLEMAIOU BASILEOS (�of King Ptolemy�) |
Bronze diobol of Vespasian minted in Alexandria in year 8 (AD76-77),
obverse=head of emperor, reverse= Alexandria/ Alexander wearing the elephant scalp |
Billon (silver alloy)
tetradrachm of Vespasian minted in Alexandria in year 2 (AD70),
obverse=head of emperor, reverse =Alexandria/ Alexander wearing the elephant scalp, bearing a vexillum and holding out a victor�s wreath with legend ALEXANDREIA |
A superb example of a billon tetradrachm of Hadrian minted in Alexandria in year 15 (AD130-131), obverse is the head of the emperor, reverse shows Alexander personifying Alexandria, wearing the elephant scalp and bearing and the vexillum (military standard) and ears of corn, greeting the emperor on the occasion of his visit to the city |
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| HadrianElefBustTet.jpg A billon tetradrachm of Hadrian minted in Alexandria in AD125-126 (L DEKATOU = of the tenth year), obverse is the head of the emperor, reverse is a bust of Alexander personifying Alexandria. | Macedonian bronze coin of chalkon or dichalkon weight (2.3g); shield obverse with the royal starburst on the boss/episema; helm reverse inscribed BA; minted under Alexander the Great or Antigonus Gonatus or during the Interregnum of 288-277BC | Silver tetradrachm of Ptolemy Soter wearing the diadem as king of Egypt by the famous Delta engraver (symbol behind the ear) with an eagle grasping a thunderbolt on the reverse and the legend PTOLEMAIOU BASILEOS, minted in Alexandria between 305-285BC | Alexandrian dichalkon coin minted under Trajan and depicting and eight-rayed star on its reverse | Bronze drachm of Hadrian minted in Alexandria in year 15 (AD130-131) Alexandria/Alexander wearing the elephant scalp greets the emperor arriving in Alexandria in a quadriga with Nike overhead about to wreath the emperor | Billon tetradrachm coin of the Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius minted in Alexandria in the 21st year of his reign (~AD158) � the reverse depicts the Genius of Alexandria in the guise of Alexander the Great, its Founder |
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| Bronze drachm coin of the Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius minted in Alexandria in the 12th year of his reign (~AD148) � the reverse depicts Isis Pharia holding a sistrum and billowing sail standing to the left of the Pharos lighthouse | Billon tetradrachm coin of the Roman Emperor Severus Alexander minted in Alexandria in the 12th year of his reign (AD232-3) � the reverse depicts the Genius of Alexandria (i.e. Alexander the Great) bearing corn ears symbolising the supply of Egyptian corn to Rome via Alexandria and with a palm leaf | Billon tetradrachm of Hadrian minted in Alexandria in Year 6 of the emperor (AD121-122), the reverse depicts the genius of Alexandria (Alexander the Great) wearing his traditional elephant-scalp headdress | A silver tetradrachm of Alexander the Great minted at Amphipolis between 325-324BC during Alexander’s lifetime probably in order to pay off veteran troops retiring to Macedonia. | A bronze drachm minted in Alexandria in year 17 (LIZ) of the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius (AD154-155) – the reverse depicts the altar of the Agathodaimon (“Benign Spirit”) in ancient Alexandria with a central sacred blaze of fir cones – the Agathodaimon took the form of a serpent, sometimes winged, so the features at both upper corners of the altar are considered to be statues of the Agathodaimon.” | A silver didrachm minted in Tarentum on the coast of Southern Italy when it was allied with Alexander of Epiros, the uncle of Alexander the Great, during his Italian campaigns circa 332BC bearing the iconic image of Phalanthos, the Spartan founder of Tarentum, riding a dolphin. |
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| A billon tetradrachm minted in Alexandria in about AD155 under the emperor Antoninus Pius: the reverse is a portrait of the god Helios wearing his radiate crown, probably based on the statue of Alexander-Helios that stood atop the Pharos lighthouse. |
A 12mm diameter Macedonian bronze once believed to be Antigonid but
now thought to have begun to be minted under Alexander – the obverse
is a shield with a starburst and the reverse has a helmet with the
letters BA either side for ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (of King Alexander) |
Bronze Alexandrian drachm minted in Year 4 of Anntoninus Pius; the reverse is the head of the sun god Helios – a statue of Alexander as Helios surmounted the Pharos lighthouse in Alexandria when this coin was minted |
Bronze Alexandrian drachm minted in Year 14 of Anntoninus Pius;
ostensibly this is Triptolemos sowing seeds from a serpent-drawn
chariot, but the elephant scalp headdress suggests it is Alexander
using barley meal to mark out the foundations of Alexandria after
having been guided back from Siwa by a pair of serpents |
A silver tetradrachm minted by Alexander’s general Lysimachos about
30 years after the king’s death and depicting him wearing the ram’s
horns of Zeus-Ammon and the hair ribbon called the diadem |
A bronze drachm minted in the 18th year of the Emperor Hadrian (AD133-134) in Alexandria with the famous reverse showing the goddess Isis Pharia holding a billowing sail and the Pharos lighthouse to the right surmounted by a statue of Alexander the Great represented as the sun-god Helios. |