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Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Alexander the Great

Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Alexander the Great

Greek; minted in Ephesus, Asia Minor (modern Turkey)
Date
297-281 BCE, issued by King Lysimachus of Thrace
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Diam.: 3.1 cm (1 1/4 in.)
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Credit line
Gift of Martin A. Ryerson