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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 male head, with long curly hair about his neck, face and topped with a laurel wreath. To the right, the Greek characters: H R A K L E I D A S. The other side of the coin depicts a man standing in a fast moving four-horse drawn vehicle facing left, holding the reins in his hands, with a winged female flying right carries a wreath to crown him. Below, a line under the horses’ hooves, the Greek characters: K A T A N A I O N. Below, a fish swims left. .　

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1972.134
People
Signed by Herakleidas, Greek (410 - 400 BCE)
Title
Tetradrachm of Katane signed by Herakleidas
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
406 - 405 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Katane (Sicily)
Period
Classical period, High
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/195536

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
17.51 g
Die Axis
4
Denomination
tetradrachm
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Obverse Inscription: HRAKLEIDAS
  • Reverse Inscription: KATANAIWN

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
SNG Oxford 1708; SNG Lockett v.3 730

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Frederick M. Watkins
Accession Year
1972
Object Number
1972.134
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Head of Apollo facing, wearing a laurel wreath; HPAKLEIDAS at r.
Rev.: KATANAION; galloping quadriga to l., above, small Nike crowning charioteer; in exergue: fish

Publication History

  • The Frederick M. Watkins Collection, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1973)
  • Kristin A. Mortimer and William G. Klingelhofer, Harvard University Art Museums: A Guide to the Collections, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press (Cambridge and New York, 1986), p. 118, no. 133, ill.
  • Stephan Wolohojian, ed., Harvard Art Museum/Handbook (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2008)

Exhibition History

  • The Frederick M. Watkins Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 01/31/1973 - 03/14/1973
  • Re-View: S422 Ancient & Byzantine Art & Numismatics, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 04/12/2008 - 06/18/2011
  • 32Q: 3200 West Arcade, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 01/01/2050

Verification Level

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