Imitation Silver Tetradrachm of the East Celts

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2008.115.29
People: East Celts, Celtic
Title: Imitation Silver Tetradrachm of the East Celts
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 3rd-2nd century BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe
Period: Hellenistic period
Culture: Celtic
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/191663

Location

Location: Level 3, Room 3700, Ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Art, Roman Art

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Physical Descriptions

Medium: Silver
Metal: AR
Technique: Struck
Dimensions: 13.12 g
Denomination: tetradrachm

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Baldwin sale

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: 2008.115.29
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obverse: head of Zeus.
Reverse: horseman, with filling ornament.

Exhibition History

32Q: 3700 Roman, Harvard Art Museums, 11/16/2014 - 01/01/2050

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2008.115.29: Imitation Silver Tetradrachm of the East Celts