Hemidrachm (Coin) Depicting Poseidon

Art Institute of Chicago

Hemidrachm (Coin) Depicting Poseidon

Greek, minted in Kroton/Bruttium, Italy

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

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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