Ptolemy I Soter
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Ptolemy I Soter was a Macedonian Greek general, historian, and successor of Alexander the Great who went on to found the Ptolemaic Kingdom centered in Egypt. Ptolemy was king and pharaoh of Ptolemaic
Bust of Ptolemy I.
Ptolemaic coin showing Alexander the Great wearing an elephant scalp, a symbol of his conquest in India
Coin of Ptolemy I, British Museum, London
Ptolemy I gold stater with elephant quadriga, Cyrenaica
Lysimachus
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Lysimachus was a Thessalian officer and successor of Alexander the Great who became king of Thrace in 306 BC, western Asia Minor in 301 BC and Macedon in 288 BC.
Hellenistic marble bust of Lysimachus at the Ephesus Archaeological Museum, dated circa 300 BC.
A marble bust of Lysimachus, an Augustan Roman era copy of a Hellenistic Greek original dated to the 2nd century BC, National Archaeological Museum, Naples
Obverse of coin of Lysimachus: The horned Alexander appears as the king's divine patron.
Fanciful digital reconstruction of Leontophoros.