Episemon

Episema were used in Greece as a symbol for a country, region, or used on a shield or badge. This episemon depicts a lion’s head with a fish in its mouth.

Keywords

shield, fish, coin, greece, symbol, lion head, episemon, episema, Greek device

Galleries

Greek Coins

Source

William Dwight Whitney The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York, NY: The Century Co., 1911)

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