1.1965.1268: Tetradrachm of Ainos
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.1268
- Title
- Tetradrachm of Ainos
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 456 BCE-454 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Ainos (Thrace)
- Period
- Classical period, Early
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/187907
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 16.21 g
- Die Axis
- 6
- Denomination
- tetradrachm
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- Reverse Inscription: AINI
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Naville 5, 18 June 1923 (BM dupl.), 1506.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- May 57b (this coin)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from the Trustees of the Arthur Stone Dewing Greek Numismatic Foundation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.1268
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obverse: Head of Hermes r. wearing brimless petasos.
Reverse: Goat standing r., all in incuse square; to r., crescent.
Verification Level
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