Stater Coin Depicting Pegasus Flying (400-330 BCE): Artwork and History
Stater Coin Depicting Pegasus Flying at the Art Institute of Chicago: date, artist attribution, materials and the museum's explanation of the work.
Stater Coin Depicting Pegasus Flying (400-330 BCE) is in the Art Institute of Chicago collection. The museum lists its creator attribution as Greek.
The work and its context
The Art Institute of Chicago describes the work:
The front of this coin depicts the winged horse Pegasus flying right. On the back the goddess Athena faces right. Behind her is a cadueus, the type of staff typically associated with the god Hermes.
Object facts
- Title: Stater Coin Depicting Pegasus Flying
- Date: 400-330 BCE
- Artist attribution: Greek
- Place of origin: Levkás
- Medium: Silver
- Dimensions: Diam.: 2.1 cm (7/8 in.)
- Type: Coin
- Department: Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
- Reference number: 1923.1141
Collection credit
Gift of Mrs. William Nelson Pelouze
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