1.1965.1584: Tetradrachm of Athens
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.1584
- Title
- Tetradrachm of Athens
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 495 BCE-480 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Athens (Attica)
- Period
- Archaic period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/171016
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 17.05 g
- Die Axis
- 4
- Denomination
- tetradrachm
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Reverse Inscription: ATHE
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Acquired New York, 1947
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Seltman G ii, as 249
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
- 1.1965.1584
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obverse: Helmeted head of Athena r.
Reverse: Owl standing r., head facing; to l., olive sprig.
Verification Level
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