Art Institute of Chicago
Stater (Coin) Depicting a Crouching Dog
Greek; Kyzikos, Mysia (now Turkey)
- Date
- 5th century BCE
- Medium
- Electrum
- Culture
- Mysia
- Department
- Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
The front (obverse) of this coin depicts a dog with collar, crouching on forelegs to the left; below is a tunny fish, which was such an important product of the local economy that it appeared on all coinage of Kyzikos. The back (reverse) shows an incuse square quartered in a mill-sail pattern.
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- Object type
- AAT300037334
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