Both sides of an irregularly shaped silver-gray coin with relief decoration on each side.　
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On the side of the coin on the left is the head of a man, with a long-pointed beard, wearing an ivy wreath, facing left. Small dots surround the border. The other side of the coin depicts a bunch of grapes hanging from a stalk with two leaves. Below, the Greek characters, N A X I O N.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.1965.657
Title
Drachm of Naxos,Sicily
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
530 - 500 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Naxos (Sicily)
Period
Archaic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/188414

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
5.82 g
Die Axis
3
Denomination
drachm
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Reverse Inscription: NAXION

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Gallatin Coll. Acq. J. Schulman, 1930 (Mathey)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Cahn obv. 28; rev. 35A (new die combination)

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
1.1965.657
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Head of Dionysos l., wearing ivy wreath, with long pointed beard. Border of dots between two linear circles.
Rev.: Bunch of grapes hanging from stalk between two leaves. Die break near the O on the reverse.

Exhibition History

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

Verification Level

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