Diobol (Coin) Depicting a Lion

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Diobol (Coin) Depicting a Lion

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Date
395-377 BCE or 478 BCE and later
Medium
Silver
Culture
Ancient Greece
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
142856

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The front of this coin depicts the head of a lion with jaws open, facing to the left. On the back of the coin is a stellate flower inside an incuse square.

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Credit line
Gift of William F. Dunham
Provenance
William F. Dunham (1857-1936), Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1920.

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Object type
AAT300037334

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