Drachm of Tarentum
CoinsGreek4th-3rd century BCE

Drachm of Tarentum

302 BCE-281 BCE

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

Classification
Coins
Technique
Struck
Medium
Silver
Culture
Greek
Period
Hellenistic period, Early
Century
4th-3rd century BCE
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

3.21 g

Provenance

Robinson colll. Acq. Chapman, 1921

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