Greek Mythology God Alexander The Great Sterling Silver Pin Brooch

The large pin brooch features a profile portrait of Alexander with ram horns, symbolizing his identification with the Egyptian god Ammon large pin brooch mesures a 1″¾x1″⅞ total weight15.8grams no marks but tested as Sterling silver In 331 BCE, Alexander the Great visited the remote Oracle of Amun at the Siwa Oasis in the Egyptian desert. The head priest greeted him as the literal “son of Amun” (equated with the Greek god Zeus-Ammon), validating his divine right to rule and transforming him from a foreign conqueror into a living god and legitimate Pharaoh