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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2008.115.13
Title
Tetradrachm of Gela
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
466 BCE-413 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Gela (Sicily)
Period
Classical period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/191656

Physical Descriptions

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

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Baldwin sale. Ex B.M. duplicate sale, Lucerne 1923, lot 897.

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
2008.115.13
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
obverse: quadriga, horses walking; above, Nike flies to crown horses; palmette between volutes in exergue.
reverse: GELAS, forepart of river-god Gelas as man-headed bull; below, [swan].

Verification Level

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