Tetradrachm of Akragas | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1.1965.563
Title: Tetradrachm of Akragas
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 409 BCE-406 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Akragas (Sicily)
Period: Classical period, High
Culture: Greek
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/189781

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Silver
Metal: AR
Technique: Struck
Dimensions: 16.69 g
Die Axis: 9
Denomination: tetradrachm

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Glendining, 24 Nov. 1950 (Ryan), 1488 = Helbing, 20 Mar. 1928, 66 = Hamburger, 17 June 1908, 291 = J. Hirsch 20, 13 Nov. 1907, 108 = J. Hirsch 18, 27 May 1908 (Imhoof-Blumer), 2224

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: Westermark 590.5; Seltman 11c

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: 1.1965.563
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obv.: AKRAGANTINON Quadriga l. driven by Nike; above, grape vine.
Rev.: Two eagles standing l. on hare; to r., grasshopper.
Overstruck (on Syracuse?).

Verification Level

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1.1965.563: Tetradrachm of Akragas