id: 97408 accession number: 1916.993 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.993 updated: 2022-04-05 09:00:25.121000 Tetradrachm: Head of Apollo (obverse); Lion (reverse), c. 334–323 BC. Greek, minted at Miletos (Ionia). Silver; diameter: 2.4 cm (15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade 1916.993 title: Tetradrachm: Head of Apollo (obverse); Lion (reverse) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 334–323 BC creation date earliest: -339 creation date latest: -318 current location: creditline: Gift of J. H. Wade copyright: --- culture: Greek, minted at Miletos (Ionia) technique: silver department: Greek and Roman Art collection: GR - Greek type: Coins find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Diameter: 2.4 cm (15/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: ΑΡΤΕΜΩ translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Stories From Storage opening date: 2021-02-07T05:00:00 Stories From Storage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: The lion and star on the reverse connect to the sun god, Apollo, on the obverse. digital description: wall description: The lion, king of the beasts and an animal associated with regal and heroic power, featured prominently on the coinage of many ancient Greek city-states. Artists placed the lion in a variety of poses, sometimes including the whole body, at other times the foreparts or just the head. Although it may once have roamed nearby, for many Greeks the lion was a monster nearly as exotic as the Chimaera, of which it formed a part, together with a goat head and snake-headed tail. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.993/1916.993_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.993/1916.993_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.993/1916.993_full.tif