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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.1965.1344
Title
Tetradrachm of Thasos
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
180 BCE-75 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Thasos (Thrace)
Period
Hellenistic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/185278

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
16.63 g
Die Axis
12
Denomination
tetradrachm
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Reverse Inscription: HRAKLEOUS SWTHROS THASIWN

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Glendining, 23 January 1963 (Bauer), 1009 (part)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
As Le Rider 52; cf. SNGCop (2) 1041-1045

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
1.1965.1344
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Head of young Dionysos r. wearing ivy wreath.
Reverse: Herakles standing facing, carrying club, bow and lion skin; to l., symbol (MH fused).

Verification Level

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