Coin Depicting Two Calves Heads

Art Institute of Chicago

Coin Depicting Two Calves Heads

Greek; Lesbos, Aeolis

Date
550-440 BCE
Medium
Silver
Culture
Sámos
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

The front (obverse) of this coin depicts two calves heads facing each other. The back (reverse) depicts an incuse square quartered diagonally.

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Object type
AAT300037334

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