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A work made of silver.

Stater Coin Depicting Pegasus Flying

400-330 BCE

Greek

Levkás

The front of this coin depicts the winged horse Pegasus flying right.

On the back the goddess Athena faces right. Behind her is a cadueus, the type of staff typically associated with the god Hermes.

Silver

Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium