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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 slightly left, wearing a brimless hat, tendrils of curly hair radiating out. The other side of the coin depicts a goat with large horns walking to the right, in front of its legs, a star. Above the goat, the Greek characters: A I N I O N.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1972.139
Title
Tetradrachm of Ainos (Thrace)
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
380 BCE-378 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Ainos (Thrace)
Period
Classical period, Late
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/194030

Location

Location
Level 3, Room 3200, Ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Art, Classical Sculpture
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
15.63 g
Die Axis
12
Denomination
tetradrachm
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Reverse Inscription: AINION

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
May 391

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Frederick M. Watkins
Accession Year
1972
Object Number
1972.139
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Head of Hermes facing, wearing pilos
Reverse: Goat walking r.; in front: star

Publication History

  • The Frederick M. Watkins Collection, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1973)

Exhibition History

  • The Frederick M. Watkins Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 01/31/1973 - 03/14/1973
  • 32Q: 3200 West Arcade, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 01/01/2050

Verification Level

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