Coin

Physical description

Silver coin (from Cyprus ?). Obverse: head of Heracles, right facing, wearing a lion skin. Reverse: Zeus seated, left facing, on a throne, holding an eagle and a sceptre.

 

Categories

Currencies Metalwork

Materials

Silver metal

Date Made

336 B.C.E.-323 B.C.E.

Date Acquired

Jun 1957

How Acquired

Donated

Credit Line

The Sid Leary Memorial Collection

Measurements

Overall: .5 cm x 2.5 cm

Object Number

2189/288