My Binoculars Are Double Vision

injured eye of Philip II of Macedonia (Jane Doe)

From historical sources we know that Philip II of Macedon, father of Alexander the Great, was wounded by an arrow in the right eye During the siege of Methone in 355-354 BC Pliny tells us that the arrow pierced the right orbit, but the immediate intervention of a surgeon, Critobulo of Cos, saved the life of the sovereign. Since then
the ruler will show the profile picture, the coins left and no more 'right, as was customary.
A small ivory carvings representing the sovereign, is kept at the National Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki and highlights the results of the wound: There is a clear right orbital arch scar right eye seems less prominent and almost glassy.

Reference: ivory statue of Philip II of Macedonia, National Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki