Alexander the Great Coin Replica Pierced Drop Dangle Earrings, Gold

Pocket Change from a Conqueror: Alexander Coin Earrings

Two small gold discs hang from fine wires, each stamped with the profile of a young king. These Alexander coin earrings copy a Greek coin from about 330 BC. The portrait has a wide forehead, firm features and wavy hair.

The coin is 1 in across. Alexander the Great earrings of this kind show the king as his coin makers wanted him seen.

Product Details

• Material: 24K antique gold plate over pewter
• Ear wires: Gold filled, Greek wire pierced
• Coin size: 1 in diameter
• Product number: 6349
• Style: Drachma replica earrings
• Origin: Made in USA

What the Coin Shows

Alexander's silver coins showed Herakles in a lion-skin headdress. On the back sat Zeus on a throne, holding an eagle. Many readers see Alexander's own idealized face in that Herakles.

Alexander's family, the Argead dynasty, claimed descent from Herakles. Drachma replica earrings therefore carry a family claim as well as a face.

From Macedonia to Afghanistan

Alexander was king of Macedonia and the son of Philip II. He entered Asia Minor in 334 BC. He defeated the Persian king and took the Persian Empire. His lands ran from Macedonia to Egypt, and from the Aegean to Afghanistan.

Greek coin earrings bring that empire down to a quiet scale. Few portraits traveled as far as his.

A Face Romans Copied

His idealized face inspired later Roman leaders. Julius Caesar and Augustus modeled their portraits on his. Alexander coin earrings keep that face in circulation.

Greek art was his chosen statement of the empire's reach. Greek coin earrings echo that choice.

Wearing and Display

The gold-filled ear wires suit sensitive ears. Keep the Alexander coin earrings dry and wipe them with a soft cloth. Store them in a small box. See more in our Museum Jewelry Earrings.

Alexander the Great earrings look strongest against bare shoulders.

About Alexander the Great

Alexander died in Babylon in 323 BC at thirty-two. Greek art spread across his empire after him. Alexander the Great earrings are a wearable footnote to that life. Greek coin earrings carry his name into every era. These Alexander coin earrings are one small piece of it.

For More Reading from the Web

• See a real silver tetradrachm of Alexander, with Herakles on the front and Zeus on the back. Drachma replica earrings begin with coins like this. Tetradrachm of Alexander the Great - The Metropolitan Museum of Art