2008.115.13: Tetradrachm of Gela
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2008.115.13
- Title
- Tetradrachm of Gela
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 466 BCE-413 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Gela (Sicily)
- Period
- Classical period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/191656
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 17.19 g
- Die Axis
- 5
- Denomination
- tetradrachm
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Baldwin sale. Ex B.M. duplicate sale, Lucerne 1923, lot 897.
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
- 2008.115.13
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
obverse: quadriga, horses walking; above, Nike flies to crown horses; palmette between volutes in exergue.
reverse: GELAS, forepart of river-god Gelas as man-headed bull; below, [swan].
Verification Level
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