Anonymous Macedonian Bronze Half Unit - 323 to 310 BCE - Macedon/Greece - 12/6/23 Auction

Includes glass top display box. Obverse: Macedonian shield with head of Herakles facing slightly right in the center, surrounded by five double crescents with five dots between each Reverse: B-A to left and right of Macedonian helmet with ear-flaps, corn-ear in right field Type Number: Liampi 103 - 107 This Macedonian bronze coin was minted shortly after Alexander the Great's death, but does not show the name or image of any particular ruler, nor can it be otherwise attributed to one. Therefore, coins of this design are referred to as anonymous issues.Alexander's military prowess firmly cemented him into legend. At just sixteen, Alexander lead the Macedonian army to a swift win against a Thracian uprising. He not only drove them out, but colonized their territory with Greek settlers and renamed it Alexandropolis.Of course, this same boy would grow up to conquer Greece, Egypt, Persia, and everything in between. But Alexander had a dark side. He was known for being power hungry and tyran