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Ancient Greece
Alexander III (The Great) 336-323 BC
Pb uniface seal, 18 mm, 10.1 g. circa
331- 305 BC
ALEXAN/DROU Lion advancing right on ground line.
Die
engraver: Pyrgoteles
No
find spot was recorded.
All
of the evidence for this attribution will be covered in subsequent
posts. This will include the epigraphy, iconography, style, history
and legends. The dating of the seal given here starts with
Alexander's arrival at Babylon, and ends with Kassander assuming the
title of King in Macedonia. Prior to 305 BC, the coins are all in the
name of Alexander, and it is safe to assume that this would also be
true for official seals. Seals such as this were used for
international correspondence by officials in the Alexandrine Empire
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