Obverse: IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG
and in less than a year Caracalla would have his brother stabbed to death (in their mother's arms
Domitian’s reign was marked by controversy
The coin measures 18mm in diameter
one of the most famous designs of ancient coins
300 B.C. Greece Silver Tetradrachm, Alexander the Great Gallienus Obverse: IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVSc. 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,