Coin Depicting the Amazon Smyrna

Art Institute of Chicago

Coin Depicting the Amazon Smyrna

Roman; Smyrna, Ionia (now Izmir, Turkey)

Date
175-200
Medium
Bronze
Culture
Smyrna
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

The front (obverse) of this coin depicts a draped bust of the Amazon Smyrna, facing left, with a bipennis (double axe) over her shoulder. On the back (reverse), is a ship prow facing to the right.

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Object type
AAT300037334

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