The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of February 14, 2025

Stater: Lion (obverse); Incuse Punches (reverse)
600–550 BCE
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
Many early Greek coins are made from electrum, a naturally occurring alloy of gold and silver.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.- ?-2000Mr. Bruce Ferrini, Akron, OH, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art2000-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Stories From Storage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).
- {{cite web|title=Stater: Lion (obverse); Incuse Punches (reverse)|url=false|author=|year=600–550 BCE|access-date=14 February 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2000.203