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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.1965.1273
Title
Tetradrachm of Ainos
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
374 BCE-371 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Ainos (Thrace)
Period
Classical period, Late
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/186925

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
15.12 g
Die Axis
12
Denomination
tetradrachm
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Reverse Inscription: AINION

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Sotheby, 8 May 1916 (Headlam), 407 = Egger 39, 15 January 1912, 143

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
May 407a (this coin)

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
1.1965.1273
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Facing head of Hermes wearing brimless petasos.
Reverse: Goat standing r.; to r., wreath; all in incuse square.

Verification Level

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