Art Institute of Chicago
Diobol (Coin) Depicting a Lion
Greek
- 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
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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- Object type
- AAT300037334
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