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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Hellenistic Monarchies| > |Alexander the Great| > SH70991
Macedonian Kingdom, Alexander the Great, 336 - 323 B.C.
|Alexander| |the| |Great|, |Macedonian| |Kingdom,| |Alexander| |the| |Great,| |336| |-| |323| |B.C.|, Herakles is most often depicted on coinage wearing the scalp of the Nemean lion over his head. The first of Herakles' twelve labors, set by his cousin King Eurystheus, was to slay the Nemean lion and bring back its skin. Herakles discovered arrows and his club were useless against it because its golden fur was impervious to mortal weapons. Its claws were sharper than swords and could cut through any armor. Herakles stunned the beast with his club and, using his immense strength, strangled it to death. During the fight, the lion bit off one of his fingers. After slaying the lion, he tried to skin it with a knife but failed. Wise Athena, noticing the hero's plight, told him to use one of the lion's own claws to skin the pelt.
SH70991. Silver tetradrachm, SNG Saroglos 371 (same dies), Price 850, Müller Alexander -, Meydancikkale -, SNG Munchen -; SNG Alpha Bank -, VF, rev double struck, obv die wear, scratches and bumps, uncertain Macedonian or Greek mint, weight 16.842g, maximum diameter 26.2mm, die axis 45o, posthumous, c. 310 - c. 275 B.C.; obverse head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean Lion skin, scalp over head, forepaws tied at neck; reverse AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus enthroned left, right leg drawn back, eagle in right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, dolphin downward left, T - I divided by bucranium in exergue; ex Gorny & Mosch auction 220, part of lot 1985; rare; SOLD



  






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