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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.1965.177
Title
Drachm of Tarentum
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
302 BCE-281 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Tarentum-Taras (Calabria)
Period
Hellenistic period, Early
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/197024

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
2.92 g
Die Axis
5
Denomination
drachm
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: reverse: TAR
    IOR

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Glendining 25 Oct. 1955 (Lockett), 229

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Vlasto 1049 (var.)

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
1.1965.177
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Head of Athena, r., wearing necklace, earring and crested Attic helmet, decorated w/ Scylla hurling stone; Rev.: Owl standing on olive-sprig, r., wings closed

Verification Level

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