The E-Sylum:  Volume 9, Number 47, November 19, 2006, Article 34

STEALING ZEUS's THUNDER: ALEXENDER's ELEPHANT MEDALLIONS

This week's Explorator newsletter linked to an interesting article
on when "Ptolemy replaced the portrait of Herakles on Alexander's
posthumous coinage with a stunning image of another god — Alexander
himself."

"In his article Stealing Zeus's Thunder, published in the May/June
2005 issue of Saudi Aramco World, historian Frank L. Holt reported
that a fresh discovery might add another chapter to the story of
Alexander the Great and his elephant medallions — and indeed, it has."

To read the complete article, see: Full Story

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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