restrung to form a wonderful statement necklace
loaned & exhibited at Metropolitan Museum NY 1920-40
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a composition typical of Middle Kingdom family groupings dedicated to sustaining the deceased in the afterlife
prior to the Shahs departure
Alexander the Great Silver Tetradrachm, Hellenistic Period, c. 315 - 294 BCE Central Australia restrung to form a wonderfulAlexander the Great Silver Tetradrachm Kingdom of Macedon, Hellenistic Period, ca. 315294 BCE Tarsos Mint, Cilicia (modern Turkey) Lifetime issue. NCG CH F 5 5 2 5, brushed. The obverse depicts a portrait of Heracles, the greatest warrior hero of ancient Greek mythology, facing right, wearing the famed lion skin headdress. The reverse depicts the divine Zeus, king of the Gods on Mount Olympus and father of Heracles, seated on a throne facing left, one