Alexander III The Great, Bronze Cast of AV Aboukir Medallion Roman Empire 215-243 AD Museum Reproduction CRM0035

The obverse shows the diademed head of Alexander the Great (r. 336–323 BC). This posthumous and idealized portrait includes symbols of Alexander’s deification, one of which is the ram’s horn, characteristic of the Egyptian god Amon. This iconography derives from the type of coin introduced by one of Alexander’s immediate successors, King Lysimachos of Thrace (297–281 BC).
The reverse shows a hunting scene, with the hunter’s spear piercing a wild boar that is being attacked by dogs. The legend ‘King Alexander’, which appears to the left and above, identifies the hunter. The ‘medallion’ is part of a treasure including twenty similar pieces found in Aboukir, Egypt, in 1902. The designation ‘medallion’ is purely a matter of convention based on the piece’s morphology and size, as the use given to such pieces cannot be definitively established.
DESIGN:
Obverse side
Diademed head of Alexander with ram’s horn to left, head slightly turned upward, gazing to heaven.
Legend:
Anepigraphic

Reverse side
Alexander and dog hunting a wild boar
Legend:
ΒΑCΙΛΕVC ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟC

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