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A work made of silver.

Coin Depicting Two Calves Heads

550-440 BCE

Greek; Lesbos, Aeolis

Sámos

The front (obverse) of this coin depicts two calves heads facing each other. The back (reverse) depicts an incuse square quartered diagonally.

Silver

Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium