After Alexander the Great's death in 323 B.C., his generals divided his empire among themselves. Despite the break up of the Macedonian Empire, Alexander's currency was still the standard everywhere, except in Egypt, where Phoenician coinage was the standard. Lysimachus, the general who took Thrace (in modern-day Turkey and Greece) risked the wrath of the gods by being the first fo authorize coins bearing the image of a mortal––Alexander the Great. His head, adorned with ram's horn, the symbol of his strength, appears on the front, while the back carries the goddess Athena. She is seated and in her right hand is a tiny image of Nike, the winged goddess of victory.
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