2009.9: Half of a decadrachm of Athens
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2009.9
- Title
- Half of a decadrachm of Athens
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 470 BCE - 460 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Athens (Attica)
- Period
- Classical period, Early
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/331242
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 21.11g
- Die Axis
- 7
- Denomination
- decadrachm
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- From the fixed price list of Nomos AG, Zurich, Winter - Spring 2009, lot 52: previusly in the collectio of J.A. Seager, Classical Numismatic Group, Sale 76, 12 September 2007, 3049 and from the Jordan Hoard 1967 (IGCH 1482), published by C.M. Kraay and P.R.S. Moorey, Revue Numismatique (1968) p. 185 no.41 (this coin)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, J.P. Engelcke Coin Purchase Fund
- Accession Year
- 2009
- Object Number
- 2009.9
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obv.: head of Athena wearing an Attic helmet decorated with olive leaves to r.; the eye is represented frontal.
Rev.: lower part of owl, facing, with spread wings
Subjects and Contexts
- Ancient Coins
Verification Level
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