Tetradrachm from Clarentza | Yale University Art Gallery

420 B.C.

Medium: Silver
Dimensions: 17.04 g, 9:00, 24.6 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Robert Porter Keep, B.A. 1865
Accession Number: 2001.87.6211
Geography: Made in Clarentza, Peloponnese
Culture: Greek
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Head of Athena, wearing Attic helmet, r.

Reverse Description: Owl standing r.; olive branch and crescent moon in upper l. field

Provenance

Robert Porter Keep, to 1872; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., 1872–2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Object copyright

Additional information

coins, money, tetradrachms

Women artists

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