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title: Alexander as Ammon-Zeus
author: Mark Cartwright
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5414/alexander-as-ammon-zeus/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Alexander as Ammon-Zeus

_Authored by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/)_

## Image File

[![Alexander as Ammon-Zeus](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/5414.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/5414.jpg)

## Image Caption

[Silver](https://www.worldhistory.org/Silver/) tetradrachm from Thrace, reign of [Lysimachus](https://www.worldhistory.org/Lysimachus/), 323-281 BCE. Head of [Alexander](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Alexander/) as [Ammon](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Ammon/)-[Zeus](https://www.worldhistory.org/zeus/). (Alpha Bank [Numismatics](https://www.worldhistory.org/Numismatics/) Museum, [Corfu](https://www.worldhistory.org/corcyra/))

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## About the Author

Mark is WHE’s Publishing Director and has an MA in Political Philosophy (University of York). He is a full-time researcher, writer, historian and editor. Special interests include art, architecture and discovering the ideas that all civilizations share.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Cartwright, M. (2016, July 27). Alexander as Ammon-Zeus. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5414/alexander-as-ammon-zeus/>
### Chicago
Cartwright, Mark. "Alexander as Ammon-Zeus." *World History Encyclopedia*, July 27, 2016. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5414/alexander-as-ammon-zeus/>.
### MLA
Cartwright, Mark. "Alexander as Ammon-Zeus." *World History Encyclopedia*, 27 Jul 2016, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5414/alexander-as-ammon-zeus/>.

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