1.1965.660: Tetradrachm of Naxos
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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
- Permissions
-
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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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