Silver Coin featuring Scylla | Dickinson College Commentaries

A somewhat damaged site coin with worn and notched edges and a slightly pitted surface. Scylla (bottom) is shown facing left. Her human torso sits upright between her two dog torsos, while her sea serpent tail stretches toward the right edge. A fin can be seen where one of the dog bodies merges into the serpent tail. The tail has spines down the back and on the end. A large crab sits above her with pincers open. There are faint letters visible along the left edge the coin.

Annotations

One side of a silver coin minted in Agrigento depicting Scylla on the bottom half and a crab on the top.

Online Resources

British Museum 1946,0101.821

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Type

Image

License

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

Properties

Agent

Date

420–410 BCE

Culture

Medium

Dimensions

diameter 25 mm

Location

British Museum

Image Credit

© Trustees of the British Museum.