Alexander the Great Drachm Coin Pendant

  Coin: Silver DrachmDate: 336 - 323 B.C.Bezel: 14k GoldWeight:  5.17 gramsDiameter: 17 mm Description This item is an authentic silver Drachm minted under the rule of Alexander the great, placed in a handmade bezel of 14 karat gold. There is only 1 of this item; you will receive the exact pendant shown in the photos.  History of the Artifact The coin features on the obverse the head of Herakles wearing the skin of the Nemean Lion he killed in one of the famous ‘12 Labors of Hercules” - it is speculated that this rendition of Herakles’ portrait may have been heavily inspired on Alexander’s own features. The reverse features Zeus enthroned holding an eagle and scepter.  As is famously known, Alexander the Great, aged only twenty years became king of Macedonia in 336 B.C., in a matter of years following his crowning, he demonstrated he was perhaps the greatest general of all time and an invincible empire builder. In the course of just thirteen years before his death at Babylon in 323 B.C