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Tetradrachm of Alexander the Great, Damascus
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Obverse: Head of Herakles in lion-skin r..
Rev.: Zeus enthroned l., w/ eagle in r. hand and sceptre in l.; in front, forepart of ram r.; below throne above struts, globule; between struts, globule; below struts, DA
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Unspecified Collection
Title: Tetradrachm of Alexander the Great, Damascus
Description:
Obverse: Head of Herakles in lion-skin r.
Rev.
: Zeus enthroned l.
, w/ eagle in r.
hand and sceptre in l.
; in front, forepart of ram r.
; below throne above struts, globule; between struts, globule; below struts, DA.
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