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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2008.115.4
Title
Drachm of Tarentum
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
302 BCE-281 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Tarentum-Taras (Calabria)
Period
Classical period, Late, to Early Hellenistic
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/191419

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
3.16 g
Die Axis
11
Denomination
drachm

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
HN3. 975

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University
Accession Year
2008
Object Number
2008.115.4
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: head of Athena wearing helmet decorated with Scylla throwing stone.
Reverse: [IOP].

Verification Level

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