Coin Portraying Alexander the Great as the Hero Herakles

Art Institute of Chicago

Coin Portraying Alexander the Great as the Hero Herakles

Greek

Date
306-297 BCE
Medium
Bronze
Culture
Kavála
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

The front of this coin depicts Alexander the great in the guise of the hero Herakles. The back depicts a horseman.

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Object type
AAT300037334

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