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

Greek, minted in AmphipolisLinkedCulture matchlcp-36a44db78934

Date: 336-323 BCE
Medium: Silver
Culture: Roman Empire
Department: Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution: Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID: 141556

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The front (obverse) of this coin portrays Alexander the Great as Herakles, wearing the hero's signature lion skin cloak, surrounded by a dotted border. On the back (reverse), the god Zeus is depicted seated with an eagle in his right hand and a staff in his left.

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

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Object type: AAT300037334

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