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Both sides of an irregularly shaped silver-gray coin with relief decoration on each side.

On the side of the coin on the left is the head of a woman, wearing a necklace, small pendant earring and a headband with a barely legible inscription in Greek characters: K I M O N. Her long curly hair radiates outward with four dolphins swimming within her locks along with Greek characters: A R E T H O S A. The other side of the coin depicts a man in a four-horse drawn vehicle facing left, holding the reins. Above a winged woman prepares to crown the man with a laurel wreath. Below the horses is an ear of barley lying on its side.　

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.1965.847
People
Signed by Kimon, Greek (415 - 400 BCE)
Title
Tetradrachm of Syracuse, signed by Kimon
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
406 - 405 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Syracuse (Sicily)
Period
Classical period, High
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/188443

Location

Location
Level 3, Room 3200, Ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Art, Classical Sculpture
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
17.25 g
Die Axis
2
Denomination
tetradrachm
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Obverse Inscription: KIMON APETHOSA

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Tudeer 81

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from the Trustees of the Arthur Stone Dewing Greek Numismatic Foundation
Object Number
1.1965.847
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv: Facing head of Arethusa; on ampyx, KIMON; to l. and r., small dolphins; border of dots; above, ARETHOSA.
Rev: Rquadriga l.; Nike flying r. to crown charioteer; in exergue, ear of barley l.; linear border.
Dies of 1.1965.846.

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 3200 West Arcade, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 01/01/2050

Verification Level

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