1.1965.661: Drachm of Naxos
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.661
- Title
- Drachm of Naxos
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 450 BCE-440 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Naxos (Sicily)
- Period
- Classical period, High
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/188535
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 4.14 g
- Die Axis
- 9
- Denomination
- drachm
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Glendining 10 Oct. 1951 (Abbott), 155
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Cahn 56
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
- 1.1965.661
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obv.: Severe style head of Dionysos r. wearing ivy wreath. Border of dots.
Rev.: NAXION Squatting Silenus holding kantharos; border of dots.
Verification Level
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