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Stater Coin Depicting Pegasus Flying

400-330 BCE
Silver

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

The front of this coin depicts the winged horse Pegasus flying right. On the back the goddess Athena faces right. Behind her is a cadueus, the type of staff typically associated with the god Hermes.

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