Tetradrachm of Segesta | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1.1965.674
Title: Tetradrachm of Segesta
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 405 BCE-400 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Segesta (Sicily)
Period: Classical period
Culture: Greek
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/188439

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Silver
Metal: AR
Technique: Struck
Dimensions: 16.39 g
Die Axis: 5
Denomination: tetradrachm

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Woodward Collection 78 = Egger 40, 1912 (Prowe) 396 = Hirsch 26, 1910 (Berlin Duplicates) 84, ex Loebbecke coll.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: Hurter T9, V4 R8

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: 1.1965.674
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obv.: [E]GESTAION Aegestes as youthful hunter standing r. with l. foot upon a rock, and holding two javelins; a pileus hangs behind; at his feet, two hounds; to r., terminal figure. Border of dots.
Rev. of the didrachm 1.1965.673. Head of Aegesta r.

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1.1965.674: Tetradrachm of Segesta