Coin Depicting the God Zeus

Art Institute of Chicago

Coin Depicting the God Zeus

Greek, minted in Alexandria, Egypt

Date
247-222 BCE, issued by Ptolemy III
Medium
Bronze
Culture
Ancient Greece
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

The front of this coin depicts the god Zeus. On the back, an eagle stands on a fulmen.

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