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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Greek
Title:Tetradrachm of Athens
Date Made:Hellenistic Period; ca. 162 BCE
Type:Coin/Numismatic
Materials:Silver (AG)
Place Made:Greece; Athens
Measurements:25mm; 16.847g
Accession Number:  MH 2004.13.143
Credit Line:Gift of the Estate of Nathan Whitman
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Obverse: Head of Athena right, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet and pearl earrings. Can see faint beaded necklace. Dot border.
Reverse: Owl standing right on amphora with head forward. Archaic statue of Apollo Delios standing left and holding torch. H on amphora, ME below; AΘE ΣΩΚΡΑΤΗΣ ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΔW ΠPΩ TO. Wreath border.

Tags:
ancient; archaeology; numismatics

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