Didrachm

94-27-12

Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 94-27-12
Current Location Greece Gallery - On Display
Culture Greek
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Gela
Period Classical Greek Period
Date Made 480BC
Section Mediterranean
Materials Silver
Iconography Horseman | Acheloos
Inscription Language Greek Language
Description

Obverse: Helmeted and bearded horseman with lance moving r. Reverse: Inscription, CELAE; Forepart of Acheloos (river god) as manheaded bull looking r.

Outside Diameter 2.1 cm
Credit Line Gift of L. Daniel Dannenbaum, 1994

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