Tetradrachm (Coin) Depicting the Goddess Artemis Tauropolis (158-149 BCE): Artwork and History

Tetradrachm (Coin) Depicting the Goddess Artemis Tauropolis (158-149 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 goddess Artemis Tauropolis facing right. She wears a distinctive headpiece called a stephane, with her hair rolled in triple knot with loose locks down her neck; behind her shoulder is a bow and quiver. On the back a vertical club is flanked by an as yet untranslated inscription and encircled by a border of oak leaves.

Object facts

• Title: Tetradrachm (Coin) Depicting the Goddess Artemis Tauropolis
• Date: 158-149 BCE
• Artist attribution: Greek
• Place of origin: Macedonia
• Medium: Silver
• Dimensions: Diam.: 3 cm (1 3/16 in.)
• Type: Coin
• Department: Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
• Reference number: 1923.1153

Collection credit

Gift of Mrs. William Nelson Pelouze

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