The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 25, 2024
Stater: Head of Bearded Herakles (obverse); Horse (reverse)
389–369 BCE
Diameter: 2.1 cm (13/16 in.)
Gift of J. H. Wade 1916.990
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
Amyntas III was the father of Philip II and grandfather of Alexander III (the Great).Description
An older, bearded Herakles wears his lion-skin on the obverse of this coin, surrounded by a beaded border. On the reverse, a horse stands within an incuse square, where the inscription ΑΜΥΝ ΤΑ identifies King Amyntas III as ruler. The pairing of head and horse extends back to the earlier Macedonian king Archelaus (413-399 BC), though a young male head sometimes takes the place of Herakles.- Stories From Storage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1916.990