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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Greek
Title:Tetradrachm of Alexander III, the Great, as Herakles
Date Made:Classical Period; 336-323 BCE
Type:Coin/Numismatic
Materials:Silver
Place Made:Greece, Macedonia
Measurements:28mm; 16.953g
Accession Number:  MH 2000.2.74b.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 cap.
Reverse: Zeus seated left holding eagle in right hand and scepter in left; ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Dot border.

Tags:
ancient; archaeology; numismatics

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