CoinsGreek5th century BCE

Tetradrachm of Naxos, Sicily

461 - 460 BCE

Description

Obverse: Head of Dionysos with long beard wearing ivy wreath to r. Reverse: Silenos squatting facing holding kantharos in r. hand and resting on l.

Classification

Coins

Technique

Struck

Medium

Silver

Culture

Greek

Period

Classical period, Early

Century

5th century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

17.25 g

Provenance

Hermann Vogel [1], Chemnitz, Germany (by 1921), sold; [through Hess, Frankfurt, “194 - Vogel” sale, March 25, 1929, lot 140]. [Numismatic Fine Arts/Edward Gans, New York, Dec. 17, 1944, lot 9173], sold; to Arthur Stone Dewing [2], Cambridge, MA (from 1944), lent; to Fogg Art Museum (from 1965)    [1] According to the Hess auction catalogue, the entirety of the catalogue’s contents belonged to Hermann Vogel (1854-1921).  [2] Arthur Stone Dewing (1880-1971). An inventory card by A.S. Dewing reads “Edward Gans NY November [sic] 17, 1944.” 