Stater (Coin) Depicting a Sea Turtle
600-550 BCE
- Medium
- Silver
- Classification
- Coin
- Dimensions
- Diam.: 1.9 cm (3/4 in.)
- Culture
- Greece
- 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
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
The front of this coin depicts a sea turtle.
On the back is a geometric design of a square divided into 5 triangles
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
