300 B.C. Greece Silver Tetradrachm, Alexander the Great Gallienus caduceus cradled in left arm

caduceus cradled in left arm

originally from Greek mythology but later adopted by the Romans

and in less than a year Caracalla would have his brother stabbed to death (in their mother's arms

Abundantia seated left on chair with crossed cornucopiae

300 B.C. Greece Silver Tetradrachm, Alexander the Great Gallienus caduceus cradled in left armc. 300 B. C. Greece Silver Tetradrachm, Alexander the Great. Moderate wear, strong strike, well centered, even patina. 26mm diameter, 17. 0g weight, silver. In 336 B. C., Alexander ascended to the throne of the small kingdom of Macedon in Greece. Less than a decade later, he had conquered half of the known world, building an empire that stretched from Greece all the way to the northwestern corner of India. Poised to invade the Arabian peninsula,