The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 27, 2023

Tetradrachm: Head of Lion, Barley, Riverfish (reverse)

466–422 BC

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Greek, minted at Leontinoi

(Sicily)

Silver

Diameter: 2.5 cm (1 in.)

Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1917.988.b

Location

not on view

Fun Fact

The lion on coins of Leontini marks a pun on the city name.

Inscriptions

Inscription

[ΛΕ]Ο[ΝΤ]ΙΝΟΝ

Inscription Translation

Of the people of Leontinoi

Provenance
(Charles T. Seltman)
Exhibition history

Stories From Storage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1917.988.b