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Drachm of Alexander the Great, 'Colophon'
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Obverse: Head of young Heracles wearing lion skin r.
Reverse: Zeus seated on throne l. holding eagle and scepter; to l., monogram [sigma with omega sideways to r.]; below throne, monogram [reversed E fused with K].
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Rya W. Zobel in memory of Paul Weickert
Title: Drachm of Alexander the Great, 'Colophon'
Description:
Obverse: Head of young Heracles wearing lion skin r.
Reverse: Zeus seated on throne l.
holding eagle and scepter; to l.
, monogram [sigma with omega sideways to r.
]; below throne, monogram [reversed E fused with K].
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