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 ancient MacedoniaLinkedCulture matchlcp-845d8638e6ce

Date
336-323 BCE
Medium
Silver
Culture
Roman Empire
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
78579

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The front (obverse) of this coin portrays the head of Alexander the Great wearing a lion skin. The back (reverse) depicts the god Zeus seated to the left with an eagle in his right hand and staff in left. A monogram and the inscription ΑΛΑΞΑΝΔPOY also appear.

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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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AAT300037334

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