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Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Alexander the Great as Herakles

Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Alexander the Great as Herakles

Greek; minted in Sidon, ancient Phoenicia
Date
323-317 BCE
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Diam.: 2.6 cm (1 1/16 in.)
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. William Nelson Pelouze