Coin Depicting a Gorgoneion
Ancient Greek
-120–-63
- Medium
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- Diam.: 2.2 cm (7/8 in.)
- Genre
- coin
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
Greekcoinancient artbronzemythological figuresancient
About
The front (obverse) of this coin shows a Gorgoneion (a Gordon Head used as an apotropaic symbol) on an octagonal aegis. On the back (reverse), the goddess Nike (Victory) holds a palm branch.
