Tetradrachm (Coin) Depicting the Hero Herakles with the Features of Alexander the Great

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Tetradrachm (Coin) Depicting the Hero Herakles with the Features of Alexander the Great

Greek, minted in Damascus, SyriaLinkedCulture matchlcp-652b70a10377

Date
336-323 BCE
Medium
Silver
Culture
Ancient Greece
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
141555

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The front (obverse) of this coin portrays Alexander the Great as Herkales, indicated by the hero's signature lion skin cloak. On the back (reverse) the god Zeus is depicted seated, with an eagle in his right hand and a staff in his left. The forepart of a ram is visible directly in front of him.

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Gift of William F. Dunham
Provenance
William F. Dunham (1857-1936), Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1920.

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AAT300037334

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