CoinsGreek3rd century BCE
Didrachm of Cales
270-260 BCE
Description
Obverse: Head of Minerva wearing Corinthian helmet; to l.; behind neck: club. Reverse: CALENO; Victory in biga to l. holding whip
Dimensions
7.01 g
Provenance
[Glendining, London, December 1, 1927, lot 498]. E.A. Sydenham [1], West Molesey, UK; [Balwin, London], (by 1952), sold; to The Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University (1952-2008), transfer; to the Harvard University Art Museums (2008). 1. According to an unpublished catalogue of the 60 coins purchased from Baldwin and Sons in 1952, this coin was formerly in the Sydenham collection. Edward Allen Sydenham ( -1948)
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