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Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Hemidrachm: Chimaera (obverse)

400–323 BCE

Greek, minted at Sikyon

(Peloponnesos)
silver
Diameter: 1.7 cm (11/16 in.)
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1917.979.a
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

The monstrous chimaera adds a goat head and snake-headed tail to the already fearsome lion.
  • Stories from Storage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).
  • {{cite web|title=Hemidrachm: Chimaera (obverse)|url=false|author=|year=400–323 BCE|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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