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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1972.221
People
Signed by Kimon, Greek (415 - 400 BCE)
Title
Decadrachm of Syracuse signed by Kimon
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
405 - 400 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Syracuse (Sicily)
Period
Classical period, High
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/195256

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
43.33 g
Die Axis
6
Denomination
decadrachm

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Edward H. Bunbury [1], London (by 1895), sold; [through Sotheby, London, “Bunbury sale,” June 15-23, 1896, lot 412]; to [William Talbot Ready] [2]. Frederick M. Watkins [3], New Haven, CT (by 1972), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum (1972)
1. Edward H. Bunbury (1811-1895)
2. From annotated version of the 1896 auction catalogue kept at the American Numismatic Society. https://archive.org/details/catalogueofbunbu00soth/page/50/mode/2up
3. Frederick M. Watkins (1910-1972)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Jongkees 3

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Frederick M. Watkins
Accession Year
1972
Object Number
1972.221
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: gallopping quadriga to l.; above small Nike crowming charioteer. In exergue: a panoply. On the exergue line in minute letters, the signature: KIMON
Reverse: SYRAKOSION; head of Arethusa surrounded by dolphins; on dolphin below neck, KIMON; on hair band, K.

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

Subjects and Contexts

  • Ancient Coins

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