Hemidrachm (Coin) Depicting Poseidon
Ancient Greek
-300–-201
- Medium
- Silver
- Dimensions
- Diam.: 1.5 cm (5/8 in.)
- Genre
- coin
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
Greeksilvercoingods (deities)inorganic materialancient artnonferrous metalstruckmythological figuresancientmetal
About
The front of this coin depicts the god Poseiden. On the back, a human figure rides a hippocamp, a mythological creature with the body of a horse and a fish's tail.
