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Both sides of an irregularly shaped silver-gray coin with relief decoration on each side.　

On the side of the coin on the left is the head of a monster with large oval eyes, tongue protruding through rows of pointed teeth, its hair swept forwards and falling into tight curls. The other side of the coin depicts four squares indented into the coin. .

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.1965.1064
Title
Stater of Neapolis, Macedonia
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
525 BCE-450 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Macedonia, Neapolis (Macedonia)
Period
Archaic period, Late, to Early Classical
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/186607

Location

Location
Level 3, Room 3400, Ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Art, Ancient Greece in Black and Orange
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
9.34 g
Die Axis
12
Denomination
stater

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Johann Horsky, (by 1917), sold; [through Hess, Frankfurt, “Horsky sale,” April 30, 1917, lot 651]. [Baldwin, London], (by 1928), sold; to Arthur Stone Dewing [1], Cambridge, MA (from 1928), lent; to Fogg Art Museum (from 1965)
1. Arthur Stone Dewing (1880-1971). Bought on October 11, 1928 according to Dewing’s inventory card.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
SNG ANS (7) 400-419

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
1.1965.1064
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Gorgoneion
Rev.: Quadripartite incuse square

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 3400 Greek, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 01/01/2050

Verification Level

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