1.1965.1966: Tetradrachm of Paros
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.1966
- Title
- Tetradrachm of Paros
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 235 BCE-160 BCE
- Places
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Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Paros (Aegean Islands)
Find Spot: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Euboia, Karystos (Euboia) - Period
- Hellenistic period, Middle
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/170271
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 15.6 g
- Die Axis
- 12
- Denomination
- tetradrachm
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Reverse Inscription: SILHNOS
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Karystos ? hoard 1930 (IGCH 210)
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- cf.. BMC 16
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from the Trustees of the Arthur Stone Dewing Greek Numismatic Foundation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.1966
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: Head of young Dionysos wearing ivy wreath to r.
Rev.: Demeter Thesmophoros wearing a wreath of wheat, seated on cista mystica to l., holding two ears of wheat in r. and a scepter in l..
Verification Level
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