1.1965.1563: Drachm of Athens
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.1563
- Title
- Drachm of Athens
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 550 BCE - 520 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Athens (Attica)
- Period
- Archaic period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/170978
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 4.32 g
- Denomination
- drachm
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Hamburger, 11 January 1930, 165
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Seltman pl. IV, d.; Kroll 3
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
- 1.1965.1563
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obverse: Wheel of four spokes.
Reverse: Irregular quadripartite incuse square.
Verification Level
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