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Collection Online as of March 28, 2023

Tetradrachm: Head of Athena (obverse)

449–407 BC

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Greek, minted at Athens

(Attica)

Silver

Diameter: 2.3 cm (7/8 in.)

Gift of J. H. Wade 1916.992.a

Location

not on view

Fun Fact

The basic design of Athenian tetradrachms is now back in use, on Greek one-Euro coins.

Provenance
?-1916
J.H. Wade, Cleveland, OH, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art
1916-
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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