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Coin Depicting Silphium Plant by Ancient Greek — VisualArtsDB

Coin Depicting Silphium Plant

Coin Depicting Silphium Plant

-480–-435

Medium: Silver
Dimensions: Diam.: 1.4 cm (9/16 in.)
Genre: coin
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Greekzeussilvercoininorganic materialancient artnonferrous metalmythological figuresancientmetal

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The front of this coin depicts a Silphium plant. On the back the bearded god Zeus Ammon faces right.

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