Tetradrachm (Coin) Depicting the God Dionysos

Art Institute of Chicago

Tetradrachm (Coin) Depicting the God Dionysos

Greek; Thasos

Date
after 148 BCE
Medium
Silver
Culture
Thásos
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

The front of this coin depicts the god Dionysos wearing a crown of ivy leaves. On the back the hero Herakles is depicted wearing his signature lion skin cloak and holding a club.

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