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Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Alexander the Great

336-323 BCE
Silver

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

The front (obverse) of this coin portrays the head of Alexander the Great wearing a lion skin. The back (reverse) depicts the god Zeus seated to the left with an eagle in his right hand and staff in left. A monogram and the inscription ΑΛΑΞΑΝΔPOY also appear.

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