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Hemidrachm (Coin) Depicting Poseidon

Greek, minted in Kroton/Bruttium, ItalyLinkedCulture matchlcp-2e605bbcfe38

Date: 3rd century BCE
Medium: Silver
Culture: Italy
Department: Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution: Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID: 9773

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The front of this coin depicts the god Poseiden. On the back, a human figure rides a hippocamp, a mythological creature with the body of a horse and a fish's tail.

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Credit line: Gift of Mrs. William Nelson Pelouze
Provenance: Mrs. William Nelson (Helen T.) Pelouze (1866-1953), Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1923.

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Object type: AAT300037334

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