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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Greek
Title:Drachm of Alexander III, the Great, as Herakles
Date Made:Classical Period or Hellenistic Period; 330-320 BCE
Type:Coin/Numismatic
Materials:Silver
Place Made:Phoenicia (modern Syria, Lebanon, and northern Israel)
Measurements:17mm; 3.974g
Accession Number:  MH 2000.2.77.INV
Credit Line:Source and date of acquisition unknown
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Obverse: head of Alexander the Great, right, as Herakles/Hercules wearing lionskin. Dot border.
Reverse: Zeus seated on backless throne, left. Holds eagle in right hand and scepter in left. A under eagle; ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

Possibly post humous because of Zeus' crossed legs. Minted after the Siege of Tyre.

Tags:
ancient; archaeology; numismatics

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