A rare posthumous Alexander the Great silver decadrachm minted in 327 BCE in Babylon, Iraq. The coin depicts Alexander the Great, mounted on Bucephalus, horse rearing right, attacking two men mounted on an elephant with a spear. Sold at Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG in 2021 [744×1466]
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Coincidentally I was just yesterday listening to an older *Rest is History* podcast about Alexander the Great and they mentioned this exact coin, which I had thought to look up, but here we are!
His horse was named Bucephalus (Greek for “ox-headed”).