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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.1965.638
People
Anaxilas, Greek (r. 494-476 BCE)
Title
Tetradrachm of Messana
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
480 BCE-460 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Messana (Sicily)
Period
Classical period, Early
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/188611

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
16.41 g
Die Axis
9
Denomination
tetradrachm

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Acq. Donner, 1952

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
CC, ser. III, no. 118.

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
1.1965.638
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Biga of mules r. driven by seated bearded charioteer. In exergue, bay leaf. Border of dots.
Rev.: MESSENION (boustrophedon, single letters sometimes retrograde). Hare running r. Border of dots.

Verification Level

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