2008.115.14: Tetradrachm of Leontinoi
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2008.115.14
- Title
- Tetradrachm of Leontinoi
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 466 BCE-422 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Leontinoi (Sicily)
- Period
- Classical period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/191655
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 17 g
- Denomination
- tetradrachm
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Baldwin sale
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University
- Accession Year
- 2008
- Object Number
- 2008.115.14
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
obverse: Laureate head of Apollo.
reverse: LEONTINON, Lion's head; around, three barly grains and tripod.
Verification Level
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