Hemidrachm (Coin) Depicting a Bull
Ancient Greek
-400
- Medium
- Silver
- Dimensions
- Diam.: 1.4 cm (9/16 in.)
- Genre
- coin
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
GreeksilvercoinBullinorganic materialancient artnonferrous metalmythological figuresancientmetal
About
The front (obverse) of this coin depicts a bull with its head turned back, walking to the left. On the back (reverse) is the head of a Gorgon, facing forward with a tongue protruding.
