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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Hellenistic Monarchies| > |Macedonian Kingdom| > GB91720
Macedonian Kingdom, Philip III Arrhidaeus and Alexander IV - Kassander, c. 323 - 310 B.C.
|Macedonian| |Kingdom|, |Macedonian| |Kingdom,| |Philip| |III| |Arrhidaeus| |and| |Alexander| |IV| |-| |Kassander,| |c.| |323| |-| |310| |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.
GB91720. Bronze unit, Price 2800, SNG Cop 1113, SNG Mün 919, SNG Tüb 1147, SNG Saroglos 857, SNG Christomanos 229, Weber 2185, HGC 3.1 951, Müller Alexander -, Choice gVF, dark patina, well centered, light deposits, porous, uncertain western Anatolia mint, weight 5.800g, maximum diameter 20.1mm, die axis 0o, c. 323 - 310 B.C.; obverse head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean Lion skin, scalp over head, forepaws tied at neck; reverse from left to right: race torch, club, BAΣIΛEΩΣ (king) downward in center, bow in bowcase; SOLD










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