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Coin: Tetradrachm, obverse profile Dionysus right; reverse Herakles standing

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Coin: Tetradrachm, obverse profile Dionysus right; reverse Herakles standing
Coin: Tetradrachm, obverse profile Dionysus right; reverse Herakles standing

Coin: Tetradrachm, obverse profile Dionysus right; reverse Herakles standing

Place of OriginGreece, Thasos
Dateafter 146 BCE
Dimensions1 1/4 × 1 1/4 × 1/8 in., 31.87mm, 16.6g (3.2 × 3.2 × 0.3 × 3.2 cm, 16.6 kg)
MediumSilver.
ClassificationMetalwork
Credit LineGift of the Popplestone Family
Object number
2006.105
On View
Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 02, Classic
Label TextWe know that the man depicted is Herakles because he holds a lion skin in his left hand and leans on a knotty club, his weapon of choice. The more defined of these two coins comes from Thasos in Greece, while the more abstract representation is of Celtic origin. The similarities between the coins demonstrate the influence that the Greeks yielded over a wide geographic region. Although they adopted the Greek hero Herakles, the Celts chose to depict him in their own style.

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