Nomos (coin); obverse: Head of Persephone; reverse: Ear of Barley with Mouse Perched on Leaf
date
about 290 BCE
creation place
Europe, Italy, Lucania
medium & support
Silver
measurements
None
credit line
Gift of Ned H. and Gloria Griner
accession number
2000.017.008
keywords
animals, barley, classical mythology, coin, female figures, goddesses, mice, mythology, nature, Persephone, silver, vegetation
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