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Collection Online as of September 29, 2023

Tetradrachm: Head of Athena, r. (obverse)

449–440 BC

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Greek, minted at Athens

(Attica)

Silver

Diameter: 2.3 cm (7/8 in.)

Gift of Dr. Jacob Hirsch 1941.296.a

Location

not on view

Fun Fact

The images of Athena here and her owl on the reverse, unmistakably identify this coin as Athenian.

Provenance
?-1941
Dr. Jacob Hirsch, New York, NY, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art
1941-
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history

Stories From Storage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).

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