Tetradrachm of Gela | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1.1965.597
Title: Tetradrachm of Gela
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 475 BCE-470 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Gela (Sicily)
Period: Classical period, Early
Culture: Greek
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/189966

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver

Metal

AR

Technique

Struck

Dimensions

16.99 g

Die Axis

4

Denomination

tetradrachm

Inscriptions and Marks

Reverse Inscription: GELAS

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Robinson coll.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: J. 158, 2 (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: 1.1965.597
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obv.: Quadriga r. driven by male charioteer; above, Nike crowning the horses. Border of dots.
Rev.: GELAS (retrograde). Forepart of river god (Acheloos?) as manheaded bull.

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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1.1965.597: Tetradrachm of Gela