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Rare Coin with Alexander the Great’s Horse, Bucephalus, Struck in 281 BC
Excessively rare, less than ten examples are known of this Greek silver tetradrachm of King Seleukos I Nikator. This coin, minted in Pergamon, shows what is believed to be the horned image of the mighty warhorse of Alexander the Great, Bucephalus. The reverse is inscribed BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ΣEΛEYKOY with an elephant walking to the right, a bee above and an anchor below.
This coin was only struck for a brief period of time. It is thought that the issue was a commemorative one, struck to mark the victory of Seleukos I over Lysimachos at the battle of Corupedium. The horse on the obverse of the coin is perhaps a reference to Alexander’s own mount, Bucephalus. A huge horse and thought to be untameable, it is reported by Plutarch that Alexander won Bucephalus when he was a thirteen-year-old boy after he subdued it, and that only he was able to ride the animal. There are contradictory accounts of the fate of Bucephalus, some stating that he died of natural causes, and others that he perished following the battle of Hydaspes in 326 BC.
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