Tetradrachm

94-27-2

Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 94-27-2
Current Location Greece Gallery - On Display
Culture Greek
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Akanthus
Period Classical Greek Period
Date Made 480-465 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Silver
Iconography Bull | Lion
Description

Obverse: Bull in kneeling position is attacked by a lion, which grasps and bites the bull on its flanks. Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square

Outside Diameter 2.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of L. Daniel Dannenbaum, 1994

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