Alexander the Great with Diamond

This is a beautiful one of a kind handcrafted pendant inspired by the ancient Macedonians and the legendary Alexander III. It is modeled after a real existing coin minted in Lampsacus sometime in the 3rd century BC. Alexander the Great, member of the Argead clan, was responsible for the destruction of the Achaemenid Empire, the death of Darius III, and the creation of a Hellenic empire that stretched all the way to India. His generals after his death known as the didachoi would go onto to create Hellenic kingdoms in his former imperial territory which ushered in the Hellenic age. The front side of the pendant features the head of Alexander II wearing a ram's horn of the Egyptian god Amun. There is also a round diamond set in a 24k solid gold bezel. The backside of the pendant has a depiction of goddess Athena, and a Greek legend which translates 'Of King Lysimachus'. This was due to the fact that the coins as minted by Lysimachus, one of his generals, who after his Alexander's death an