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silver tetratrachm of Acanthus in Macedonia: 400-350 BCE
A lion attacks a bull, biting into his hindquarters, forcing his head back, and bending his front legs.
Lisbon, Calouste Gulbenkian Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 2008
Keywords: coin, animal
silver coin of Agrigentum, Sicily: fifth century BCE
A giant crab hovers above Scylla,
who is depicted as a female with ravening dogs at her loins.
Amsterdam, Allard Pierson Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 2003
Keywords: mythology; monster; Odyssey
silver
tetradrachm of Alexander the Great, 336-323 BCE
The reverse of this coin depicts Zeus seated on a throne and holding a scepter and an eagle, reflecting the cult statue sculpted by Pheidias in the Temple of Zeus at Olympia
Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 2006
Keywords: coin; Jupiter
silver
tetradrachm of Alexander the Great, 336-323 BCE
obverse, head of
Herakles with lion-skin helmet
reverse, enthroned
Zeus as sculpted by Pheidias in Temple of Zeus at Olympia
London,
British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 2001
Keywords: Jupiter
silver
tetradrachm of Alexander the Great, 336-323 BCE (different from above)
obverse, head of
Herakles with lion-skin helmet
reverse, enthroned
Zeus as sculpted by Pheidias in Temple of Zeus at Olympia
London,
British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 2001
Keywords: Jupiter
silver
tetradrachm of Seleucus I; Greek, 305-281 BCE
shows head of Alexander
the Great wearing helmet covered in leopard-skin, with a bull's horn and
ear
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 2001
Keywords:
coin, Hellenistic empire
silver
tetradrachm of Lysimachus, king of Thrace; Greek, 305-281 BCE
shows
head of Alexander the Great wearing the royal diadem and the ram's horn that
marked him as the son of Zeus-Ammon
London, British Museum. Credits:
Barbara McManus, 2001
Keywords: coin, Hellenistic empire
silver
tetradrachm of Ptolemy I, king of Egypt; Greek, 305-282 BCE
shows head
of Alexander the Great wearing an elephant-scalp headdress, referring to his
conquests in the East
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus,
2001
Keywords: coin, Hellenistic empire
gold medallion of Alexander the Great: Greek, Macedonia, 218-246 CE
Nike hands helmet to Alexander; the shield she holds shows a Greek warrior defeating an Amazon, similar to a figure on Pheidias' statue of Athena Parthenos. The inscription, in Greek, reads "Alexander, the King."
Berlin, Pergamon Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 2005
Keywords: coin, Hellenistic empire
silver drachm of
Antiochus III, King of Syria (223-187 BCE)
London, British Museum.
Credits: Barbara McManus, 2001
Keywords: coin; Hellenistic empire
gold octadrachm in
the name of Arsinoe II, 256/55 BCE
her head is veiled and she wears a
diadem.
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 2001
Keywords: coin; Hellenistic empire; Hellenistic queen
silver decadrachm
in the name of Arsinoe II, 261/50-253/52 BCE
her head is veiled and she
wears a diadem.
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 2001
Keywords: coin; Hellenistic empire; Hellenistic queen
sliver obols with head
of Athena and owl; Athenian public pay
Athens, fifth century BCE)
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1999
Keywords: coinage,
coin
silver coin of
Athens, c. 450 BCE
depicts helmeted head of goddess Athena on one side,
and owl and olive
branch, symbols of the city of Athens, on the other.
London, British
Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 2001
Keywords: Athene
silver coin of
Acragas, c. 420-420 BCE
depicts two eagles devouring a hare.
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1999
Keywords:
Oresteia, animals
gold pendant
containing gold stater from Cyrene, c. 4th century BCE
The god is shown
seated on a throne.
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus,
2001
Keywords: coin, jewelry
silver stater of
Delphi; larger
version, 336-35 BCE
Apollo seated on omphalos with the
inscription "of the Amphictions."
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara
McManus, 1999, 2001
Keywords: coin, prophecy
silver stater of
Poseidonia, Greek city in southern Italy, 6th century BCE
depicts the
patron deity of the city, Poseidon, hurling his trident.
London, British
Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1999, 2001
Keywords: Neptune, coin
gold pentadrachm in
the name of Ptolemy I Soter of Egypt
withdrawn from circulation by
Ptolemy II shortly before 258/57 BCE;
he wears a band-style diadem over
hair tousled in the style of Alexander the Great.
London, British Museum.
Credits: Barbara McManus, 2001
Keywords: coin; Hellenistic empire
tetradrachm
of Ptolemy I of Egypt, 3rd century BCE
with head of Alexander the Great
wearing an Elephant headdress symbolizing his victory over India;
reverse
depicts Athena and an
eagle, the badge of Ptolemy I.
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara
McManus, 2001
Keywords: coin; Hellenistic empire; Athene
silver tetradrachm
of Ptolemy II Philadelphus of Egypt, 261/50-253/52 BCE;
he wears a
band-style diadem over hair tousled in the style of Alexander the Great.
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 2001
Keywords: coin;
Hellenistic empire
silver tetradrachm of
Samos, 2nd century BCE
shows the statue of the goddess Hera from her
temple on the island
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus,
2001
Keywords: Juno, coin
silver coin of
Selinus, c. 450 BCE
depicts Apollo and Artemis in chariot.
London,
British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 1999
Keywords: Diana
silver coin issued at
sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia; Greek, 5th-4th centuries BCE
shows an
eagle devouring a rabbit
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus,
2001
Keywords: Jupiter
silver coin issued at
sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia; Greek, 5th-4th centuries BCE
shows a
running Nike; the Greek letters FA refer to the city of Elis, which controlled
the sanctuary
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 2001
Keywords: Jupiter
silver coin issued at
sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia; Greek, 5th-4th centuries BCE
shows a
thunderbolt; the Greek letters FA refer to the city of Elis, which controlled
the sanctuary
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 2001
Keywords: Jupiter
silver coin issued at
sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia; Greek, 5th-4th centuries BCE
shows the
head of Zeus; the Greek letters FALEION refer to the city of Elis, which
controlled the sanctuary
London, British Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus,
2001
Keywords: Jupiter
silver coin of
Pergamon, c. 2 BCE
shows the cista mystica (basket containing
sacred implements of Dionysus) with snake
Amsterdam, Allard Pierson Museum.
Credits: Barbara McManus, 2003
Keywords: Bacchus, religion. ritual
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