Every year Visconti commemorates a famous character. For2023, they have chosen to remember Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) as it’s the 2300th anniversary of his death.

Winner of numerous battles and conqueror of many territories, he died in Babylon when he was only 32 years old, but left behind an extraordinary legacy. He founded and re-established numerous cities, among them the biggest of the ancient world Alexandria in Egypt, the center of the Hellenistic civilisation.

The pen has a cylindrical shape, with the ends tapering to a section reminiscent of Greek columns. The map of Alexander the Great's empire, created with the scrimshaw technique and subsequently colored, is shown on the barrel and the cap. 

The metal fittings are in aged bronze and feature typical Greek decorations. On the central ring there is the inscription reading “Alexander the Great” and in the bronze band on the shaft there is a gilded silver plate depicting Alexander’s face. In homage to the Macedonian phalanx, the clip, also in aged bronze, is spear-shaped. On the clip there is a gilded silver shield depicting the sun, Alexander the Great's family crest.