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Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Alexander the Great Wearing the Head of the Nemean Lion as a Helmet

Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Alexander the Great Wearing the Head of the Nemean Lion as a Helmet

Greek, minted in Amphipolis, Macedonia
Date
336-323 BCE
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Diam.: 2.5 cm (1 in.)
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Credit line
Gift of William F. Dunham