Coin Depicting the God Zeus and Consort (?)

about 137-127 BCE

Medium: Bronze
Classification: Coin
Dimensions: Diam.: 1.6 cm (11/16 in.)
Culture: Ancient Mediterranean
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago, Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. William Nelson Pelouze
Rights: Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it: Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

About this work

The front (obverse) of this coin shows two heads in profile, one is the God Zeus while the other is unidentified.

On the back (reverse) the prow of a ship is shown sailing left.

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