Porus alexander coin

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"Victory coin" of Alexander the Great, minted in Babylon c. 322 BC, following his campaigns in the Indian subcontinent. Reverse: Alexander attacking king Porus on his elephant. Silver. British Museum.

See Keyne Cheshire, Alexander the Great (Cambridge University Press, 2009), p.139: "perhaps issued as early as 324 BCE" and depicts "Alexander charges Porus, who hurls a javelin from atop his elephant"

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