Cleveland Museum of Art

Tetradrachm: Head of Athena, r. (obverse)

Date: 449–440 BCE
Medium: silver
Culture: Greek, minted at Athens (Attica)
Department: Greek and Roman Art
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID: 120478

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The images of Athena here and her owl on the reverse, unmistakably identify this coin as Athenian.

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Credit line: Gift of Dr. Jacob Hirsch
Provenance: ?-1941: Dr. Jacob Hirsch, New York, NY, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1941-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Ancient Greek Silver Tetradrachms
These objects are all tetradrachm coins, a standard ancient Greek silver denomination, depicting various deities and symbols from Greek city-states and territories across the Mediterranean.
333 objects from 3 institutions