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Coin of Alex after victory over Paris at Hydaspes

Persepolis, Four of the Immortal 10,000

Granicus Order of Battle 334 BC. Not stuning by A's cav on L. Note Persian use of river for defense, but put cavabig in front of line

Hellenistic cities. Note lighthouses

T. of Amon, Siwa oasis, Sahara, 300 mi W of Cairo, Reverse of Delphi-not center of universe. 200 mi 5 of Mersa Matruh. Getting there thru W desert a test of faith. Ex of dead tourists. Small, inaccessible, but shrine of chief god

no 195 K of Throce Lysimachus. AR tetradr. 288-282 BC Posthumous portrait of Alex. Obv Diademed horned head of Alexander the Great (=Amon)

AV & AR coins of Bactrian kings. Note headware, esp. elephant skin & macedonian helmet Eucratides (lower r.)

Alexander in Asia. Dec 09, 2001

Gold portrait of Philip II- idealized

2) Alex- Susa thru Persia