1/ This is an Alexander issue coin from the Greek city of Salamis, #Cyprus. Alexander may still have been alive when it was minted. King Pnytagoras of Salamis, as well as other Cypriot cities were instrumental in Alexander's 332 BCE victory against Phoenician Tyre, a Persian ally

2/ The Greek victory at Tyre gave Alexander full control of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. This allowed him to proceed to his victories over Persia and the conquest of Asia.

Alexander rewarded the Greeks of Cyprus and their cities with a virtually autonomous status.

3/ Greek city states of Cyprus under Alexander basically enjoyed the same privileges as the Greek city states of Asia Minor.

Victory at Tyre also signalled a huge historic landmark when all Greek cities were to come under a single political control- that of Alexander the Great

4/ A little more on Cypriot role in capture of Tyre. Ancient sources such as Arrian suggest that Cypriots sent about 120 vessels to the siege, over half of Alexander's armada. They had entire left flank under Cypriot Admiral Andromachus. The flag ship of King Pnytagoras was sunk

5/ Despite heavy losses, Cypriot naval forces were a pivotal element in Alexander's victory over Phoenician Tyre. So were Cypriot engineers who masterminded siege tactics. Alexander gave control of city of Tamassus to Salamis taking it away from neutral Phoenician-ruled Kition