1.1965.1495: Drachm of Tanagra
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.1495
- Title
- Drachm of Tanagra
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 600 BCE-480 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Tanagra (Boeotia)
- Period
- Archaic period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/171254
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 6.01 g
- Denomination
- drachm
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Hamburger, 11 June 1930, 155
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- cf. BMC p. 59, 2ff.
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
- 1.1965.1495
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obverse: Boeotian shield with T in indentation.
Reverse: Mill-sail incuse square.
Verification Level
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