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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1972.120
Title
Tetradrachm of Athens of the Wappenmuenzen group
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
525- 520 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Athens (Attica)
Period
Archaic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/195539

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
16.72 g
Die Axis
1
Denomination
tetradrachm

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Coll. G. Durufle; Cat. Hoffmann, Paris 1890: Photiades Coll. 477; Jameson 1170

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Seltman 319a (this coin)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Frederick M. Watkins
Accession Year
1972
Object Number
1972.120
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Gorgoneion
Reverse: Facing head and forepaws of panther in incuse square; no dots.

Publication History

  • The Frederick M. Watkins Collection, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1973)
  • [Reproduction Only], Persephone, (Fall 2006)., p. 33.

Exhibition History

  • The Frederick M. Watkins Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 01/31/1973 - 03/14/1973

Verification Level

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