Stater (?) (Coin) Depicting the Goddess Athena

Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium

4th-mid 3rd century BCE

Greek

The front (obverse) of this coin depicts the head of goddess Athena to right, in crested Athenean helmet, on which a griffon with round wings leaps right; heavy curls below neckpiece at temples. The back (reverse) depicts a lion walking right, mouth open; above pentagram.

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Department: Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium

Culture: Ancient Greek
Title: Stater (?) (Coin) Depicting the Goddess Athena
Place: Elea (Minted in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 400 BCE–350 BCE
Medium: Silver
Inscriptions: Reverse: ΥΕ ΛΗΤΩΝ
Dimensions: Diam.: 2.1 cm (7/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Martin A. Ryerson
Reference Number: 1922.4916
IIIF Manifest The International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) represents a set of open standards that enables rich access to digital media from libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions around the world. Learn more.: https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/111012/manifest.json

Karen B. Alexander, “From Plaster to Stone: Ancient Art at the Art Institute of Chicago,” in Karen Manchester, Recasting the Past: Collecting and Presenting Antiquities at the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012), p. 29.

Art Institute of Chicago, Ancient Art Galleries, Gallery 155, 1994 - February 22, 2004 and May 16, 2004 - February 2012.
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, The Centaur’s Smile: The Human Animal in Early Greek Art, February 22 – May 16, 2004.

Martin A. Ryerson (1856-1932), Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1922.

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