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| | Alexander Lion Skin |
 | | Rulers after Alexander issued the same Herakles/Zeus type as Alexander but with their own inscriptions, including Philip III, Seleukos I (and his successors Antiochos I, Antiochos II, and Seleukos II, who typically retained Seleukos' inscription), Lysimachos, Antigonos II, the Paeonian dynast Audoleon, and the Thracian dynasts Kersibaulos and Kavaros. |
 | | The making of counterfeit coins like this in ancient time could be punishable by death, a punishment for this crime that has existed at various times and in various places since then as well. |
 | | This is a "barbarous copy" of a coin of Alexander's son, Philip III, having a characteristic scyphate (cup-shaped) flan. |
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