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 the head of a man facing left, bearded, with long tendrils of curly hair held in place by an ivy wreath. The other side of the coin depicts a man kneeling on one knee facing right, wearing a lion's skin tied around neck, both arms outstretched holding a bow ready to shoot. To the right, a drinking vessel. To the left, Greek characters displayed vertically.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1996.229
Title
Tetradrachm of Thasos
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
390 - 310 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Thasos (Thrace)
Period
Classical period, Late
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/195865

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
15.19 g
Denomination
tetradrachm

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Guide 23

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Jonathan H. Kagan
Accession Year
1996
Object Number
1996.229
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Head of Dionysos bearded wearing ivy wreath to l.
Reverse: Herakles kneeling shooting bow to r.; in front oinochoe (jug).

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 3400 Greek, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 01/01/2050

Subjects and Contexts

  • Ancient Coins

Verification Level

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