Coin Depicting a Gorgoneion

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Coin Depicting a Gorgoneion

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Date
120-63 BCE
Medium
Bronze
Culture
Ancient Greece
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
142753

The front (obverse) of this coin shows a Gorgoneion (a Gordon Head used as an apotropaic symbol) on an octagonal aegis. On the back (reverse), the goddess Nike (Victory) holds a palm branch.

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

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AAT300037334

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