Didrachm (Coin) Depicting a Parsley Leaf
520-490 BCE
- Medium
- Silver
- Classification
- Coin
- Dimensions
- Diam.: 2.2 cm (7/8 in.)
- Culture
- Selinunte
- 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 (obverse) of this coin depicts a parsley leaf. The back (reverse) bears a simple geometric design of an incuse square with a windmill pattern.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
