1.1965.1651: New Style Tetradrachm of Athens
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.1651
- Title
- New Style Tetradrachm of Athens
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 185 -38 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Athens (Attica)
- Period
- Hellenistic period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/171022
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 16.42 g
- Die Axis
- 12
- Denomination
- tetradrachm
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Reverse Inscription: ATHE; ARISTION PHILON EGEAS TH AP
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Thompson 977a (this coin)
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
- 1.1965.1651
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obverse: Head of Athena Parthenos r.
Reverse: Owl standing r. on amphora; to r., Pegasus feeding l.; all within olive wreath.
Verification Level
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