Tetradrachm (Coin) Depicting the Hero Herakles (336-323 BCE): Artwork and History
Tetradrachm (Coin) Depicting the Hero Herakles at the Art Institute of Chicago: date, artist attribution, materials and the museum's explanation of the work.
Tetradrachm (Coin) Depicting the Hero Herakles (336-323 BCE) is in the Art Institute of Chicago collection. The museum lists its creator attribution as Greek.
The work and its context
The Art Institute of Chicago describes the work:
The front (obverse) of this coin portrays Alexander the great wearing Herakles' signature lion skin cloak, facing right. On the back (reverse) the god Zeus is shown seated, facing left, with a scepter and an eagle. An anchor countermark appears within an incuse rectangle.
Object facts
- Title: Tetradrachm (Coin) Depicting the Hero Herakles
- Date: 336-323 BCE
- Artist attribution: Greek
- Place of origin: Macedonia
- Medium: Silver
- Dimensions: Diam.: 3.1 cm (1 1/4 in.)
- Type: Coin
- Department: Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
- Reference number: 1923.1151
Collection credit
Gift of Mrs. William Nelson Pelouze
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