1.1965.687: Tetradrachm of Syracuse
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.687
- Title
- Tetradrachm of Syracuse
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 500 BCE-485 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Syracuse (Sicily)
- Period
- Classical period, Early
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/189039
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 16.25 g
- Die Axis
- 10
- Denomination
- tetradrachm
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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J. Hordijk, Dordrecht, Netherlands (by 1926), sold; [Schulman, Amsterdam, “Hordijk sale,” May 10, 1926, lot 574]. [Cahn, Frankfurt, sale 80, February 27, 1933, lot 94]. V. J. E. Ryan [1], London (by 1947), sold; [through Glendining, London, “Ryan sale,” November 24, 1950, lot 1512]. Arthur M. Woodward [2], (by 1962), sold; [through Glendining, London, “Woodward sale,” September 27, 1962, lot 71]; [through Baldwin, London] to Arthur Stone Dewing [3], Cambridge, MA (from 1962), lent; to Fogg Art Museum (from 1965)
1. Valentine John Eustace Ryan (1882-1947)
2. Arthur M. Woodward (1883-1973)
3. Arthur Stone Dewing (1880-1971). Bought on October 10, 1962 according to Dewing’s inventory card.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- B. rev. 13 (new obv.)
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
- 1.1965.687
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obv.: SYRA; quadriga r. driven by charioteer; in exergue, thick line; border of dots.
Rev.: Small female head l. in center of a square incuse of mill sail design.
Verification Level
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