Category: Macedon
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Lysimachus Tetradrachms – Pinnacle of Hellenistic Royal Portraiture
But the magnificent portraits of the Hellenistic period are also strong contenders, and perhaps none more so than the tetradrachms of Lysimachus that feature a true portrait of Alexander the Great. Often struck in high relief and from dies of remarkably advanced style, they are among the most popular tetradrachms of the Hellenistic Age.
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Macedonian Ascendancy under Philip II
Athens sent a fleet in 354, but in a stunning sign of the shifting power balance they were crushed by Philip’s relatively untested forces. Emboldened, he then spent a decade picking off the weaker city-states of northern Greece and certain rogue tribes of the Balkans before turning to the big prizes further south: Athens, Sparta,…