Didrachm (Coin) Depicting the Goddess Athena

CC0 Public Domain Designation

Ancient and Byzantine Art

400/335 BCE

Greek

Obverse: Head of Athena to left, with crested helmet
Reverse: Man-headed bull to right

Currently Off View: Ancient and Byzantine Art

Culture: Ancient Greek
Title: Didrachm (Coin) Depicting the Goddess Athena
Origin: Hyria
Date: 400 BCE–335 BCE
Medium: Silver
Inscriptions: Reverse: ΑИΙΔΥ
Dimensions: Diam. 2.2 cm; 7.54 g
Credit Line: Gift of Martin A. Ryerson
Reference Number: 1922.4919

The Art Institute of Chicago, “Ancient Greek and Roman Coins,” Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago 72, 5 (September-October 1978), p. 2 (ill.).
Karen B. Alexander, “From Plaster to Stone: Ancient Art at the Art Institute of Chicago,” in Karen Manchester, Recasting the Past: Collecting and Presenting Antiquities at the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012), p. 29.

Martin A. Ryerson (1856-1932), Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1922.

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