About This Artwork
Greek, minted in Syracuse, Sicily
Tetradrachm (Coin) Depicting Persephone310–307 B.C.
Silver
Diam. 2.8 cm; 17.02 g
OB: ΚΟΡΑΣ
"Coin of Kore"
REV: [ΑΓΑΘΟ]ΚΛΕΙΟΣ
"Coin of Agathocles"
Gift of Martin A. Ryerson, 1922.4908
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
The Art Institute of Chicago, Ancient Art Galleries, Gallery 155, 1994 - February 22, 2004 and May 16, 2004 - February 2012.
Houston, TX, The Museum of Fine Arts Houston "The Centaur’s Smile: The Human Animal in Early Greek Art" February 22 – May 16, 2004.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Of Gods and Glamour: The Mary and Michael Jaharis Galleries of Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Art, Gallery 151, November 11, 2012 - present.
Publication History
Karen B. Alexander. "From Plaster to Stone: Ancient Art at the Art Institute of Chicago." in Recasting the Past: Collecting and Presenting Antiquities at the Art Institute of Chicago, by Karen Manchester, (Art Institute of Chicago/Yale University Press, 2012). p. 29.