Tetradrachm of Alexander the Great, Sardis

Alexander III, the Great

319 BCE-315 BCE

Silver

Arthur M. Sackler Museum

This is a silver tetradrachm coin featuring a profile bust of a figure with curly hair on one side and a seated figure holding a bird on the other. The coin has a metallic sheen and appears to be ancient. Obv.: Head of young Heracles r. wearing lion skin. Rev.: Zeus seated l. on throne holding eagle and scepter; to l., G [Greek gamma]; below throne, A; to r., amphora; in exergue, ivy-leaf. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Cornelius C. Vermeule, III