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Maker(s):Alexander III (posthumous issue)
Culture:Greek
Title:Tetradrachm of Alexander the Great as Herakles
Date Made:Hellenistic Period; 245-215 BCE
Type:Coin/Numismatic
Materials:Silver
Place Made:Asia; Syria; Aradus (Arwad)
Measurements:32mm; 16.856g
Accession Number:  MH 2000.2.74a.INV
Credit Line:Purchase with the Nancy Everett Dwight Fund from the Caroline Morris Galt Collection
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Obverse: Head of Alexander the Great as Herakles/Hercules, wearing lionskin. Dot border.
Reverse: Zeus seated, nude to waist, holding an eagle in right hand and scepter in left hand, palm before legs; ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ in right field; AP monogram beneath chair.

Tags:
ancient; archaeology; numismatics

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