Art Institute of Chicago
Tetradrachm (Coin) Depicting the Hero Herakles with the Features of Alexander the Great
Greek, minted in Damascus, Syria
- Date
- 336-323 BCE
- Medium
- Silver
- Culture
- Ancient Greece
- Department
- Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
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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- Object type
- AAT300037334
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