Stater (Coin) Depicting the Goddess Athena (317-310 BCE): Artwork and History
Stater (Coin) Depicting the Goddess Athena at the Art Institute of Chicago: date, artist attribution, materials and the museum's explanation of the work.
Stater (Coin) Depicting the Goddess Athena (317-310 BCE) is in the Art Institute of Chicago collection. The museum lists its creator attribution as Greek; minted in Syracuse, Sicily, Italy.
The work and its context
The Art Institute of Chicago describes the work:
The front of this coin depicts the goddess Athena facing right. The top of her helmet is decorated with a leaping griffin. On the back the winged horse pegasus is shown in flight facing left.
Object facts
- Title: Stater (Coin) Depicting the Goddess Athena
- Date: 317-310 BCE
- Artist attribution: Greek; minted in Syracuse, Sicily, Italy
- Place of origin: Syracuse
- Medium: Silver
- Dimensions: Diam.: 2 cm (13/16 in.)
- Type: Coin
- Department: Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
- Reference number: 1923.1165
Collection credit
Gift of Mrs. William Nelson Pelouze
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