Both sides of an irregularly shaped silver-gray coin with relief decoration on each side.　
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On the side of the coin on the left is a man sitting in an ox drawn cart facing left, right arm raised above head holding a whip, left hand holding the reins; above, a large crested helmet. The other side of the coin depicts three legs bent at the knee, connected creating a spiral, with floral decoration along the border.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1972.108
People
The Derrones, Macedonian
Title
Dodekadrachm of the Derrones
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
520 BCE-480 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Macedonia
Period
Archaic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/195499

Location

Location
Level 3, Room 3400, Ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Art, Ancient Greece in Black and Orange
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
38.7 g
Die Axis
not assignable
Denomination
dodecadrachm

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
cf. SNG ANS 7, 929-931

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Frederick M. Watkins
Accession Year
1972
Object Number
1972.108
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Male charioteer holding whip leading cart drawn by two oxen; crested helmet.
Rev.: Triskeles and floral ornaments

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: 3400 Greek, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 01/01/2050

Verification Level

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