Hemidrachm: Zeus (obverse); Head of Despoina (reverse)
c. 460 BC
Maker Unknown
Greek and Roman Art
Hemidrachm: Zeus (obverse); Head of Despoina (reverse), c. 460 BC. Greek, minted at Tegea (Arkadia). Silver; diameter: 1.4 cm (9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1917.981
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Coins
- Formatted Medium
- silver
- Medium
- silver
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 1.4 cm (9/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: ΑRKΑ | ΔΙΚ[ΟΝ] Translation: Of the Arkadians Remark: Reverse; Inscription retrograde
- Departments
- Greek and Roman Art
- Accession Number
- 1917.981
- Credit Line
- Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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