Cleveland Museum of Art
Hemidrachm: Chimaera (obverse)
- Date
- 400–323 BCE
- Medium
- silver
- Culture
- Greek, minted at Sikyon (Peloponnesos)
- Department
- Greek and Roman Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
The monstrous chimaera adds a goat head and snake-headed tail to the already fearsome lion.
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