Kassander was king of the Kingdom of Macedon from 305 BC until 297 BC, and de facto ruler of much of Greece from 317 BC until his death.
In his youth, Cassander was taught by the philosopher Aristotle at the Lyceum in Macedonia. He was educated alongside Alexander the Great in a group that included Hephaestion, Ptolemy and Lysimachus.
Cassander stood out amongst the Diadochi in his hostility to Alexander's memory. Both Alexander IV, Roxana, and Alexander’s supposed illegitimate son Heracles were executed on Cassander's orders, and a guarantee to Olympias to spare her life was not respected.
He died of dropsy in 297 BC
In his youth, Cassander was taught by the philosopher Aristotle at the Lyceum in Macedonia. He was educated alongside Alexander the Great in a group that included Hephaestion, Ptolemy and Lysimachus.
Cassander stood out amongst the Diadochi in his hostility to Alexander's memory. Both Alexander IV, Roxana, and Alexander’s supposed illegitimate son Heracles were executed on Cassander's orders, and a guarantee to Olympias to spare her life was not respected.
He died of dropsy in 297 BC
Epithet: Antipatrou ("son of Antipatros")
An
AR
Tetradrachm
struck 317-314 BC
in
Pella
Obverse: head of young Heracles in lionskin right
Reverse: Zeus Aëtophoros enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter boeotian shield left; snake under the throne, AΛEΞANΔPOY
Diameter:
26.5 mm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 17.19 g
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 17.19 g
struck by Kassander in the name of Alexander III ex CNG
Price 249; SNG Copenhagen 728. Muller 754
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Kassander
Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo right
Reverse: ΚΑΣΣΑΝ∆ΡΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, tripod lebes
Diameter:
18 mm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: -
Die Orientation: -
Weight: -
No notes for this coin
SNG Cop 1162
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Kassander
Obverse: laureate head of Apollo right
Reverse: tripod; BAΣIΛEΩΣ / KAΣΣANΔPOY, (KA) down
Diameter:
18.5 mm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 6 g
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 6 g
No notes for this coin
AMNG 9; Weber 2162; Sear sg6755
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Kassander
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Obverse: Helmet with cheek-guard facing left
Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ KAΣΣANΔΡOΥ, Spear head
Diameter:
19 mm
Die Orientation: 4 H
Weight: 4.29 g
Die Orientation: 4 H
Weight: 4.29 g
It seems debatable whether the reverse is supposed to have the spear straight up or on its side with the inscriptions horizontal, I've seen it both ways
SNG München 1035
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Kassander
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An
AE
unit
struck 317-305 BC
in
Pella
|
Amphipolis
Obverse: young head of Herakles right wearing lion's skin
Reverse: lion reclining right, torch right; KAΣΣAN / ΔPOY / N
Diameter:
16.5 mm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 3.8 g
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 3.8 g
Kassander as regent
SNG München 991; SNG Alpha Bank 883-7; SNG Copenhagen 1140