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A work made of silver.

Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Alexander the Great

336-323 BCE

Greek, minted in Cilicia

Greece

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.

Silver

Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium