1972.127: Tetradrachm of Naxos, Sicily
CoinsWithin the circle on the left is a man’s head facing right. He has a long beard, with a wreath of leaves in his hair with tendrils falling down his neck. A curved string of small raised dots decorate the border. The circle on the right depicts a seated nude male facing front with his head looking left and splayed bent legs. He has a beard, and long hair pulled back. His right hand holds a vessel to his face. Starting at the top of the coin are Greek characters spaced out along the edge spelling N A X I O N.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1972.127
- Title
- Tetradrachm of Naxos, Sicily
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 461 - 460 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Naxos (Sicily)
- Period
- Classical period, Early
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/303562
Location
- Location
-
Level 3, Room 3400, Ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Art, Ancient Greece in Black and Orange
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 16.8 g
- Die Axis
- 8
- Denomination
- tetradrachm
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- Reverse Inscription: NAXION
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Cahn 54
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Frederick M. Watkins
- Accession Year
- 1972
- Object Number
- 1972.127
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obverse: Head of Dionysos with long beard wearing ivy wreath to r.
Reverse: Silenos squatting facing holding kantharos in r. hand and resting on l.
Publication History
- The Frederick M. Watkins Collection, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1973)
- James Cuno, Alvin L. Clark, Jr., Ivan Gaskell, and William W. Robinson, Harvard's Art Museums: 100 Years of Collecting, ed. James Cuno, Harvard University Art Museums and Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (Cambridge, MA, 1996), p. 102-103, ill.
- Masterpieces of world art : Fogg Art Museum, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1997
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
Subjects and Contexts
- Ancient Coins
Verification Level
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