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

Sir Edward Bunbury [1], London (by 1895), sold; [through Sotheby, London, “Bunbury sale,” June 15-23, 1896]. Henry Osborne O’Hagan [2], London (by 1908), sold; [through Sotheby, London, “O’Hagan sale,” May 5-9, 1908, lot 42 (1 of 4)]. [Henry Chapman, Philadelphia (by 1921)], sold; to Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson [3], London (1921-1941), sold; to Arthur Stone Dewing [4], Cambridge, MA (from 1941), lent; to Fogg Art Museum (from 1965) 1. Edward H. Bunbury (1811-1895). This previous ownership was noted in O’Hagan Sotheby 1908 sale catalogue. Lot 94 in the Bunbury sale catalogue could match, but it cannot be confirmed as the lot is not illustrated in the plates. The buyer is listed as “Raveno” in one annotated catalogue and as “[..]nwell” in another. A. S. Dewing wrote on his inventory card: “From Bunbury coll. Robinson”, “Robinson bought Henry Chapman February 23, 1921,” and “Robinson collection, no. 467A, August 26, 1941.” 2. Henry Osbourne O’Hagan (1853-1930). An annotated catalogue states that the lot was bought by “Mayer”. 3. Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson (1887-1976). 4. Arthur Stone Dewing (1880-1971).