The reverse coin depicts Zeus enthroned, holding a scepter and an eagle reflecting the cult statue sculpted by Pheidias in the Temple of Zeus at Olympia and race torch at left.
Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 2006
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Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Silver Tetradrachm of Alexander the Great, 336-323 BCE
The reverse coin depicts Zeus enthroned, holding a scepter and an eagle reflecting the cult statue sculpted by Pheidias in the Temple of Zeus at Olympia and race torch at left.
Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum. Credits: Barbara McManus, 2006
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