# Stater (Coin) Depicting a Sea Turtle

- By: Ancient Greek
- Date: 600-550 BCE
- Medium: Silver
- Classification: Coin
- Dimensions: Diam.: 2 cm (13/16 in.)
- Culture: Greece
- Credit line: Gift of Mrs. William Nelson Pelouze
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/9646)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/bce31b6c-9798-69bd-a360-6a942362b0fb/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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