Before presidential addresses and social media, ancient rulers used coins as a form of marketing to reach their people in ...

For example, a tetradrachm from 323 B.C. was issued after the death of Alexander the Great and ... the design of new coins was a mix of vanity and strategy. For example, a silver denarius from ...

The designs of this “Siculo-Punic” tetradrachm of late in the fourth century B.C. were copied from issues of Syracuse, the most powerful Greek city ... B.C. Many silver coins are associated ...

When Alexander the Great passed away, his son, Alexander IV, was still in his mother's womb, making his succession a web of intrigue.

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Since his death in 323 BCE, the world has been obsessed with Alexander the Great, who set out from his ... AG Leventis professor emeritus of Greek culture at the University of Cambridge, who ...

The remains of Alexander the Great may lie under the streets of Alexandria, they may have been "eaten by a shark," or they may be somewhere else entirely. But one thing is certain: Archaeologists ...

A magnificent assortment of 364 gold and silver coins dating back to the 14th and 15th centuries CE has been unearthed at the site of an ancient rural village in the Galilee, providing a ...