Harvard Art Museums > 1.1965.1624: Emergency stater of Athens Coins Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Emergency stater of Athens , 1.1965.1624,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 16, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/170874. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1.1965.1624 Title Emergency stater of Athens Classification Coins Work Type coin Date 406 BCE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Athens (Attica) Period Classical period, Late Culture Greek Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/170874 Physical Descriptions Medium Gold Metal AV Technique Struck Dimensions 8.58 g Die Axis 9 Denomination stater Inscriptions and Marks Reverse Inscription: ATHE Provenance Recorded Ownership History Found in Greece prior to 1941-45 according to Dewing's notes. Acquired in New York in 1946. Published by E.S.G. Robinson, "Some Problesm in the Later FIfth Century Coinage of Athens", ANSMN 9 (1960), pp.1-15, pl, 1, 10 (this coin). State, Edition, Standard Reference Number Standard Reference Number Robinson, MN 9 (1960), p.9 n.16, pl.I 10 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 1.1965.1624 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Obverse: Helmeted head of Athena r., helmet adorned with olive leaves (frontal eye developing some profile characteristics) Reverse: Owl standing r. holding olive sprig in talons; to l., olive sprig. Commentary This is one of only four gold staters known from the emergency coinage issued in 406 BC by Athens at then end of the Peloponnesian War. After the disastrous Sicilian expedition in 413 BC and the Spartan capture of Deceleia in Attica, the silver mines of Laurion were no longer accessible and Athens resorted to striking gold and based silver. See E.S.G. Robinson, "Some problems in the Later Fifth Century Coinage of Athens", ANS MN 9 (1960), pp.1-15. One of the staters is in London, another in Oxford and the third ex Jameson 2495 and Gulbenkian was sold in Leu 86, 5-6 May 2003, lot 380 Subjects and Contexts Collection Highlights Ancient Coins Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
