Head of Alexander the Great. Hellenistic Era, circa 300 BCE.

Pentelic marble. Found in the Kerameikos, Athens.
Alexander wears the lion's pelt, a common iconographic feature in depictions of the young king on coins, which hints at his descent from the mythical hero Herakles. The letters on Alexander's face were carved at a later period.

Exhibited in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Greece.

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