1942.176.2: Tetradrachm of Athens (pi- style)
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1942.176.2
- Title
- Tetradrachm of Athens (pi- style)
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 393 BCE - 294 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Athens (Attica)
- Period
- Classical period, Late, to Early Hellenistic
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/180185
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 16.38 g
- Denomination
- tetradrachm
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- inscription:
- inscription:
- Reverse Inscription: ATHE
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Kroll 15
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The George Davis Chase Collection of Roman Coins, Gift of George Davis Chase, Professor of Classics and Dean of Graduate Study at the University of Maine
- Accession Year
- 1942
- Object Number
- 1942.176.2
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obverse: Head of Athena to r. with eye in profile, wearing Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves.
Reverse: Owl standing r., head facing; to l., olive sprig and crescent.
Verification Level
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