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Ancient Greek — Stater (Coin) Depicting a Crouching Dog

Ancient Greek

Stater (Coin) Depicting a Crouching Dog

-500

The front (obverse) of this coin depicts a dog with collar, crouching on forelegs to the left; below is a tunny fish, which was such an important product of the local economy that it appeared on all coinage of Kyzikos. The back (reverse) shows an incuse square quartered in a mill-sail pattern.

Medium
Electrum
Spotted At
Museum · Art Institute of Chicago

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Ancient Greek, Stater (Coin) Depicting a Crouching Dog, -500

The front (obverse) of this coin depicts a dog with collar, crouching on forelegs to the left; below is a tunny fish, which was such an important product of the local economy that it appeared on all coinage of Kyzikos. The back (reverse) shows an incuse square quartered in a mill-sail pattern.

Medium
Electrum
Year
-500
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

Gold, Small Scale, Sculpture, Classical, Ancient Greek, Electrum, Historical, Dog, Coin, Figurative

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