Both sides of an irregularly shaped silver-gray coin with relief decoration on each side.　
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On the side of the coin on the left is the head of a man facing in three quarter view to the right, long tendrils of curly hair fall around face and neck, a large spikey crown radiates out from the man's head. The other side of the coin depicts a large rose blossom, consisting of three pedals; to the left, the front half of a ship; to the right, a rosebud on a vine; small dots surround the border, along with Greek characters on the top and bottom of the coin.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.1965.2402
Title
Tetradrachm of Rhodes
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
230 - 205 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Rhodes
Period
Hellenistic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/149052

Location

Location
Level 3, Room 3400, Ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Art, Ancient Greece in Black and Orange
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
13.39 g
Die Axis
12
Denomination
tetradrachm

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Merzbacher 15 Nov 1910 lot 764

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
cf. SNG Keckman 542

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
1.1965.2402
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Head of Helios with radiate crown facing in three quarter view to r.
Reverse: Rose, to l. prow, below magistrate name.; border of dots

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 3400 Greek, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 01/01/2050

Subjects and Contexts

  • Ancient Coins

Verification Level

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