Styles Genres Museums Artists Support

An open visual arts database with 425,000+ artworks, 36,000+ artists, and 800+ styles spanning centuries of human creativity.

Browse

Styles
Genres
Museums
Artists
Favorites

Popular Styles

Impressionism
Romanticism
Surrealism
Pop Art
Cubism
Realism

Museums

Art Institute of Chicago
MoMA
Rijksmuseum
Cleveland Museum of Art
The MET
Louvre

VisualArtsDB is free and open for everyone.

Support the project

© 2026 VisualArtsDB

Hemidrachm (Coin) Depicting a Chimera by Ancient Greek — VisualArtsDB

Hemidrachm (Coin) Depicting a Chimera

Hemidrachm (Coin) Depicting a Chimera

-400–-300

Medium: Silver
Dimensions: Diam.: 1.6 cm (11/16 in.)
Genre: coin
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

Styles

Tags

GreeksilverChimerabirdcoininorganic materialancient artnonferrous metalmythological figuresancientmetal

About

The front (obverse) of this coin depicts a mythical creature called a Chimera, running to the left. The back (reverse) shows a dove flying to the left.

More by Ancient Greek

Finial

Finial

Ancient Greek, -750

Stater (Coin) Depicting a Sea Turtle

Stater (Coin) Depicting a Sea Turtle

Ancient Greek, -650

Coin Depicting the God Apollo

Coin Depicting the God Apollo

Ancient Greek, -200

Double Birds on Knobbed Pole

Double Birds on Knobbed Pole

Ancient Greek, -800

Fibula (leech type)

Fibula (leech type)

Ancient Greek, -800

Bird on a Stand

Bird on a Stand

Ancient Greek, -700

Coin Depicting the God Apollo

Coin Depicting the God Apollo

Ancient Greek, -316

Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying King Ptolemy of Cyprus

Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying King Ptolemy of Cyprus

Ancient Greek, -65

Figurine of a Child Clutching Grapes

Figurine of a Child Clutching Grapes

Ancient Greek, -200

Coin Depicting the God Apollo

Coin Depicting the God Apollo

Ancient Greek, -200

Head of a Woman (?)

Head of a Woman (?)

Ancient Greek

Bust of Scipio Africanus

Bust of Scipio Africanus

Ancient Greek, 1801