Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Alexander the Great as the Hero Herakles

Art Institute of Chicago

Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Alexander the Great as the Hero Herakles

Greek; minted in Sidon, ancient Phoenicia

Date
323-317 BCE
Medium
Silver
Culture
Macedonia
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

The front of this coin portrays Alexander the Great wearing Herakles' signature lion skin cloak, facing right. On the back the god Zeus is shown seated, facing left.

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Object type
AAT300037334

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