Art Institute of Chicago

Drachm (Coin) Depicting the Nymph Amphitrite

Greek, minted in Kroton/Bruttium, Italy

Date

216-203 BCE

Medium

Silver

Culture

Italy

Department

Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium

Institution

Art Institute of Chicago

Obverse: Head of Amphitrite (?) right, in stephane and veil; behind, lotus-tipped sceptre and krater Reverse: Poseidon standing left, nude, resting on raised knee, right foot on Ionic column, bird on fulmen beside him

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