Art Institute of Chicago
Tetradrachm (Coin) Depicting the Hero Herakles with the Features of Alexander the Great
Greek, minted in Cilicia
- Date
- 336-323 BCE
- Medium
- Silver
- Culture
- Greece
- Department
- Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
The front of this coin depicts the mythical hero Herakles wearing a lion skin cloak. On the back, the god Zeus is depicted seated with an eagle in his right hand and a staff in his left.
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- Object type
- AAT300037334
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