Coin Depicting Silphium Plant

Art Institute of Chicago

Coin Depicting Silphium Plant

Greek

Date
480-435 BCE
Medium
Silver
Culture
Al Marj
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

The front of this coin depicts a Silphium plant. On the back the bearded god Zeus Ammon faces right.

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