Coin Depicting the Goddess Athena

Art Institute of Chicago

Coin Depicting the Goddess Athena

Greek; minted in Syracuse, Sicily, Italy

Date
345-317 BCE
Medium
Bronze
Culture
Syracuse
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

The front (obverse) of this coin depicts the head of goddess Athena, facing left, wearing a Corinthian helmet (no crest); a snakey lock of hair falls behind. The back (reverse) depicts two dolphins arched inwards, nose to nose; between them sits an 8-rayed star with center pellet, tips attached with curved lines.

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Object type
AAT300037334

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