1.1965.536: Tetradrachm of Rhegion
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.536
- Title
- Tetradrachm of Rhegion
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 415/10 - 387 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Bruttium, Rhegion (Bruttium)
- Period
- Classical period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/189213
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 17.33 g
- Die Axis
- 4
- Denomination
- tetradrachm
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Hess, 1 Dec. 1931, 115
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Herzfelder 101b (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
- 1.1965.536
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obverse: Lion's head facing
Reverse: Laureate head of Apollo r.; behind, olive spray; to r., swastika
Exhibition History
- 32Q: 3440 Middle East, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 11/16/2016
Verification Level
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