Drachm: Forepart of Lion (obverse); Head of Aphrodite (reverse)

465–449 BCE Diameter: 1.6 cm (5/8 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.994

The lion, king of the beasts and an animal associated with regal and heroic power, featured prominently on the coinage of many ancient Greek city-states. Artists placed the lion in a variety of poses, sometimes including the whole body, at other times the foreparts or just the...

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संस्कृति
Greek, minted at Knidos (Karia)
तकनीक
silver
माध्यम
silver
विधा
Coins
विभाग
Greek and Roman Art

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