The coin with the impression of Alexander the Great was issued by one of his successors named Lysimachus. Lysimachus was the former general of Alexander the Great. After the death of Alexander, he ruled part of Alexander’s empire in Bulgaria, Northern Greece and Turkey. Lysimachus used the image of Alexander on his coins to represent his own power and stature as Alexander’s successor. In the Roman world, Alexander was not viewed as man but worshipped as god. This is illustrated in the coin which bears an image of Alexander with the ram’s horns of Zeus-Ammon, the supreme deity of Greek religion. This key attribute alludes to the claim that he was the son of Zeus. The other side of the coin depicts the image of goddess Athena.
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