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A work made of bronze.

Coin Depicting a Boar

about 190 BCE

Greek; Klazomenai, Ionia (now Turkey)

Ancient Greece

The front (obverse) of this coin depicts the forepart of a winged boar. On the back (reverse) is an incuse square in four quarters.

Bronze

Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium