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Cleveland Museum of Art
Tetradrachm: Head of Alexander III [The Great] (obverse)
- Date
- 306 BCE
- Medium
- silver
- Culture
- Egypt, Greco-Roman period (332 BCE–395 CE), reign of Ptolemy I (303–282 BCE), minted at Alexandria
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
The image of Alexander the Great in an elephant headdress references his Eastern conquests.
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