The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 26, 2025

Drachm: Head of Herakles (obverse)

387–300 BCE

Greek, minted at Erythrai

(Ionia)
silver
Diameter: 2 cm (13/16 in.)
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1917.993.a
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

The hero Herakles appears on coinage from city-states across the Greek world.
  • (Charles T. Seltman)
  • Stories from Storage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).
  • {{cite web|title=Drachm: Head of Herakles (obverse)|url=false|author=|year=387–300 BCE|access-date=26 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1917.993.a