The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 23, 2025
Drachm: Head of Herakles (obverse); Club, Bow Case (reverse)
387–300 BCE
(Ionia)
Diameter: 2 cm (13/16 in.)
Location: Not on view
Did You Know?
The hero Herakles appears on coinage from city-states across the Greek world.Description
One of many city-states to include the hero Herakles–here shown beardless and wearing his lion-skin–on its coinage, Erythrae lies on the Ionian coast, near the island of Chios. The reverse features the inscriptions ΕΡΥ (for Erythrae) and ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΣ, likely the name of a magistrate. Also present are a small owl and kantharos (wine cup), plus the club and bow case of Herakles.- ?-1917(Charles T. Seltman, Berkhamsted, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)1917-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- "Accessions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 4, no. 4 (1917): 64-67. Mentioned: p. 64 www.jstor.org
- 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/1917.993