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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.1965.660
Title
Tetradrachm of Naxos
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
c. 460 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Naxos (Sicily)
Period
Classical period, Early
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/188612

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
17.26 g
Die Axis
10
Denomination
tetradrachm
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Reverse Inscription: NAXION

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Joseph Hirsch, 13, 15 May 1905 (Rhousopoulos), 349.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Cahn 54, 14 (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
1.1965.660
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Severe style head of Dionysos r. wearing ivy wreath. Border of dots; die breaks in front of mouth and on nose.
Rev.: NAXION Squatting Silenus holding kantharos.

Exhibition History

  • Re-View: S422 Ancient & Byzantine Art & Numismatics, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 04/12/2008 - 06/18/2011

Verification Level

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