1.1965.638: Tetradrachm of Messana
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.638
- People
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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
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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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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