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A work made of silver.

Aeginetic Stater (Coin) Depicting a Chimera

431-400 BCE

Greek; minted in Sikyon, Peloponnesus

Sikión

The front (obverse) of this coin depicts a mythical creature called a Chimera. On the back (reverse) a flying dove is encircled by a wreath of leaves.

Silver

Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium