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Coin Depicting the Hero Herakles by Ancient Greek — VisualArtsDB

Coin Depicting the Hero Herakles

Coin Depicting the Hero Herakles

-381–-369

Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: Diam.: 1.6 cm (11/16 in.)
Genre: coin
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Greekcoininorganic materialancient artnonferrous metalbronzestruckcopper alloyancientHeraclesmetal

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The front of this coin depicts the hero Herakles, on the back an eagle is shown killing a snake.

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