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tammuz:Sliver Tetradrachm of Alexander the Great wearing a lion skin helmet. The coin was minted in

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Sliver Tetradrachm of Alexander the Great wearing a lion skin helmet. The coin was minted in Babylon around 324 BCE. The city was the capital of the Macedonian king’s vast empire and where he died in 323 BCE. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA.

Photo by Babylon Chronicle


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Roman and Greek Art@Roman and Greek Art
Sun, 10 Apr 2022 21:30:49
hildegardavon: TycheSeated Tyche, Roman, second half of 2nd century AD., bronze, 21.9x12.1x16.5 cm P

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Tyche

Seated Tyche, Roman, second half of 2nd century AD., bronze, 21.9x12.1x16.5 cm

Princeton University Art Museum,  Inv. 1996-179


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Wed, 20 Apr 2022 14:00:35
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