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The Legend of Alexander the Great on Greek and Roman Coins Book

The Legend of Alexander the Great on Greek and Roman Coins will for the first time collect, present and examine the portraits and representations of Alexander the Great on ancient coins of the Greek and Roman periods (c.320 BC to AD 400). It offers a firsthand insight into the posthumous appreciation of his legend by Hellenistic kings, Greek cities, and Roman Emperors. Dahmen combines an introduction to the historical background and basic information on the coins with a comprehensive study of Alexander's numismatic iconography. He also discusses in detail examples of coins with Alexander's portrait. Which are part of a selective presentation of representative coin types in the second part of the study (in which an image and discussion is combined with a characteristic quotation of a source from ancient historiography and a short bibliographical reference). The numismatic material presented, although representative, will exceed any previously published work on the...Read More

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  • ASDA

    Features an introductory survey that collects presents and examines the portraits and representations of Alexander the Great on the ancient coins of the Greek and Roman period. This book examines Alexander's own coinage and the posthumous coinages of his successors and the re-use of his image by rulers from the Greek world and the Roman empire.

  • Blackwell

    Karsten Dahmen collects, presents and examines, for the first time in one volume, the portraits and representations of Alexander the Great on ancient coins of the Greek and Roman periods (c. 320 BC to AD 400). Dahmen offers a firsthand insight...

  • 041539452X
  • 9780415394529
  • Karsten Dahmen
  • 19 December 2006
  • Routledge
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 200
  • 1
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