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Coin Depicting the Goddess Athena by Ancient Greek — VisualArtsDB

Coin Depicting the Goddess Athena

Coin Depicting the Goddess Athena

-246–-226

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

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GreekAthenacoininorganic materialancient artnonferrous metalbronzecopper alloygoddessesancientmetal

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The front (obverse) of this coin depicts the head of Goddess Athena. The back (reverse) shows the God Apollo, nude with a bow and arrows.

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