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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 of this coin depicts the mythical hero Herakles wearing a lion skin cloak. On the back, the god Zeus is depicted seated with an eagle in his right hand and a staff in his left.

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