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Both sides of an irregularly shaped silver-gray coin with relief decoration on each side.　

On the side of the coin on the left is a man's head facing right, wearing a laurel wreath atop head. The other side of the coin depicts a man riding a horse facing left, with ornamental lines and symbols, surrounding the border small dots.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2008.115.29
People
East Celts, Celtic
Title
Imitation Silver Tetradrachm of the East Celts
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
3rd-2nd century BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe
Period
Hellenistic period
Culture
Celtic
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/191663

Location

Location
Level 3, Room 3700, Ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Art, Roman Art
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
13.12 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
2008.115.29
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: head of Zeus.
Reverse: horseman, with filling ornament.

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 3700 Roman, Harvard Art Museums, 11/16/2014 - 01/01/2050

Verification Level

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