CoinsGreek5th-4th century BCE

Didrachm of Cumae

420 BCE-380 BCE

Description

Obv.: Head of female, r. Rev.: KVMAION Mussell shell w/ barley-corn above

Classification

Coins

Technique

Struck

Medium

Silver

Culture

Greek

Period

Classical period

Century

5th-4th century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

7.45 g

Provenance

Luigi Matteotti di Sassuolo, (by 1908) sold; [through Ratto, Genova, “Sassuolo sale,” November 5, 1908, lot 103]. [Naville, Geneva, “Ars Classica V sale,” June 18, 1923, lot 152]. [Ratto, Lugano, “Riche collection sale,” January 25-26, 1926, lot 206]. [Baranowsky, Milan, “Traverso and Martini sale,” February 25, 1931, lot 123]; to Arthur Stone Dewing [1], Cambridge, MA (from 1931), lent; to Fogg Art Museum (from 1965) 1. Arthur Stone Dewing (1880-1971)