Coin Depicting the God Zeus
Greek, Ptolemaic; minted in Egypt · 117–111 BCE, issued by Ptolemy IX (Soter II) · The Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, USA
The Greeks read eagles as messages straight from Zeus. In Penelope’s dream a great eagle swoops down and kills her flock of geese; soon after, an eagle clutching a dove startles the suitors at their feast. This little coin carries Zeus on one face and his eagl