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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 lion facing left, attacking a crouching bull facing right, its left arm around the bull, mouth open biting the bull's hindquarter; below, a flower; small dots surround the border. The other side of the coin depicts four squares indented into the coin.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1972.105
Title
Tetradrachm of Akanthos
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
520 - 500 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Macedonia, Akanthos (Macedonia)
Period
Archaic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/195537

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
17.21 g
Die Axis
not assignable
Denomination
tetradrachm

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Desneux 3

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Frederick M. Watkins
Accession Year
1972
Object Number
1972.105
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Lion attacking bull
Rev.: incuse square

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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