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Both sides of an irregularly shaped silver gray coin with relief decoration on each side.

Within the circle on the left is the head of a man facing right. He is clean shaven with short hair and wearing a round brimmed hat. Small dots surround the brim. The circle on the right depicts a standing goat facing right within a large square. Infront of the goat on the right is a stone statue consisting of a pillar with human head. Above the horns of the goat are Greek characters spelling A I N I.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1972.129
Title
Tetradrachm of Ainos
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
460 - 450 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Ainos (Thrace)
Period
Classical period, Early
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/195247

Location

Location
Level 3, Room 3400, Ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Art, Ancient Greece in Black and Orange
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
16.55 g
Die Axis
7
Denomination
tetradrachm
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Reverse Inscription: AINI

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
May 71 (this coin)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Frederick M. Watkins
Accession Year
1972
Object Number
1972.129
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Head of Hermes wearing pilos to right
Reverse: Goat standing to right in front of a herm; the whole in incuse square.

Publication History

  • The Frederick M. Watkins Collection, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1973)

Exhibition History

  • The Frederick M. Watkins Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 01/31/1973 - 03/14/1973
  • 32Q: 3400 Greek, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 01/01/2050

Subjects and Contexts

  • Ancient Coins

Verification Level

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