KINGDOM OF MACEDONIA- CASSANDRE - Lot 147

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KINGDOM OF MACEDONIA- CASSANDRE - Lot 147
KINGDOM OF MACEDONIA- CASSANDRE regent 317 - 305 and king 305 - 298 Head of Heracles right, wearing a leonté. R/. Zeus aëtophore seated on a stool holding a long haste. In front, Λ and torch. Below the throne, cone surmounted by a star. Behind Zeus, AΛEΞANΔPOY. Silver tetradrachm in the name of Alexander III struck at Amphipolis circa 307-297. (17,23 g) Very fine. Cassander was born in 358 BC and died in 297. He was king of Macedonia under the Antipater dynasty, which reigned from 305 to 297. The eldest son of the regent Antipater, he took part in the Diadochian Wars after the death of Alexander the Great, mainly opposing Polyperchon and Antigone the One-Eyed. He had Alexander IV and his mother Roxane assassinated in 310, leaving the title of King of Macedonia vacant until 305, when he was proclaimed King.
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