1.1965.598: Tetradrachm of Gela
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.598
- Title
- Tetradrachm of Gela
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 475 BCE-470 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Gela (Sicily)
- Period
- Classical period, Early
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/189965
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 17.09 g
- Die Axis
- 4
- Denomination
- tetradrachm
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- Reverse Inscription: GELAS
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
-
Naville-Ars Classica, v. 12, 18-23 Oct. 1926, 715.
Feuardent, 8 July, 1919 (Ready), 147.
Joseph Hirsch, 14, 27 Nov. 1905, 170.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- J. 163, 2 (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
- 1.1965.598
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obv.: Quadriga r. driven by male charioteer; above, Nike crowning the horses. Border of dots.
Rev.: GELAS Forepart of river god (Acheloos?) as manheaded bull.
Exhibition History
- Re-View: S422 Ancient & Byzantine Art & Numismatics, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 04/12/2008 - 06/18/2011
Verification Level
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