Reverse: Head of nymph Parthenos

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

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AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

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AMICA ID:

AIC_.1922.4922

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AIC_.1922.4922

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

1999

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1999

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects

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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects

Object Type

false

Creator Name:

Unknown

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Unknown

Creator Name

false

Creator Nationality:

European; Southern European; Mediterranean

crc

European; Southern European; Mediterranean

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Dates/Places:

Ancient Greece Early Western World,Ancient Mediterranean,Ancient

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Ancient Greece Early Western World,Ancient Mediterranean,Ancient

Creator Dates/Places

false

Creator Name-CRT:

Greek

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Greek

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

Coin Showing a Gorgon

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Coin Showing a Gorgon

Title

false

Title Type:

preferred

ott

preferred

Title Type

false

Title:

Reverse: Head of nymph Parthenos

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Reverse: Head of nymph Parthenos

Title

false

Title Type:

alternate

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alternate

Title Type

false

Title:

Reverse: Head of nymph Parthenos

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Reverse: Head of nymph Parthenos

Title

false

Title Type:

alternate

ott

alternate

Title Type

false

View:

obverse

rid

obverse

View

false

Creation Date:

Classical Period, 411-356 B.C.

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Classical Period, 411-356 B.C.

Creation Date

false

Creation Start Date:

-411

ocs

-411

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

-356

oce

-356

Creation End Date

false

Materials and Techniques:

Silver drachma

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Silver drachma

Materials and Techniques

false

Classification Term:

Coin

clt

Coin

Classification Term

false

Subject Description:

The three Gorgon sisters were winged deities of which Medusa is the most famous. She bore the winged horse Pegasus to her love, the god Poseidon. Her head, cut off by Perseus, was worn by Athena as her protective aegis. Neopolis, in a horse-breeding area, chose Pegasus' mother for their coin.

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The three Gorgon sisters were winged deities of which Medusa is the most famous. She bore the winged horse Pegasus to her love, the god Poseidon. Her head, cut off by Perseus, was worn by Athena as her protective aegis. Neopolis, in a horse-breeding area, chose Pegasus' mother for their coin.

Subject Description

false

Creation Place:

Europe,Greece,Macedonia,Neapolis

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Europe,Greece,Macedonia,Neapolis

Creation Place

false

Dimensions:

Diameter: 1.5 cm (3/4 in.)

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Diameter: 1.5 cm (3/4 in.)

Dimensions

false

AMICA Contributor:

The Art Institute of Chicago

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The Art Institute of Chicago

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Chicago, Illinois, USA

Owner Location

false

ID Number:

1922.4922

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1922.4922

ID Number

false

Credit Line:

The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Martin A. Ryerson

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The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Martin A. Ryerson

Credit Line

false

Inscriptions:

Reverse: N E O {Pi} Neop[oliton])

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Reverse: N E O {Pi} Neop[oliton])

Inscriptions

false

Rights:

http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html

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<a href="http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html"target="_new">http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html</a>

Rights

false

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Reverse: Head of nymph Parthenos