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Hemidrachm (Coin) Depicting Bucranium

355-346 BCE
Silver

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

The front of this coin depicts the head of a bull, turned downward. On the back the god Apollo faces right.

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