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| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 24 | Auction date: 30 January 2016 |
| Lot number: 59 | |
| Lot description: Macedon, Koinon Æ25. Circa 3rd Century AD. Diademed head of Alexander with flowing hair to right, ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ before / KOINON MAKEDONΩN B NEΩ, Alexander on Bukephalos galloping right with lance couched and cloak billowing behind. BMC 120-2; SNG Copenhagen 1355. 11.43g, 25mm, 2h. Very Fine. From a Swiss Private Collection. Bukephalos was the famed steed of Alexander 'the Great'. As legend has it, Alexander broke the wild horse when no one else dared go near - not by force but by turning the horse's head toward the sun, understanding that Bukephalos was simply afraid of his own shadow. No one but Alexander could mount the horse after. As one history puts it, Long did this noble animal share the toils and dangers of his master; and this was the horse that Alexander delighted to honour." So excellent was Bukephalos in battle that when he was once lost, Alexander is said to have threatened the destruction of an entire country unless he was returned (which he was)." Estimate: 100 GBP |  |
