2005.115.14: Tetradrachm of Thasos
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2005.115.14
- Title
- Tetradrachm of Thasos
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 180 - 140 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Thasos (Thrace)
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/20695
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 16.72 g
- Die Axis
- 9
- Denomination
- tetradrachm
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- Reverse Inscription: HEPAKLEOYSWTEPOS; in ex. THASIOY
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Collection of Margarete Bieber
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Celia and Walter Gilbert, Claude-Claire Grenier, and the Marian H. Phinney Fund
- Accession Year
- 2005
- Object Number
- 2005.115.14
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obv. Head of Dionysos to r. with long hair pulled up and tied in an ivy wreath
Rev.: Herakles standing facing l., naked. resting r. arm on club and holding lion's skin around l.arm, quiver over l. shoulder.
Verification Level
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