CoinsGreek6th century BCE

Tetradrachm of "Olynthos", Macedonia

530 - 510 BCE

Description

Obv.: Male charioteer wearing a long chiton, driving four-horse chariot at the walk to r. He is holding the reins in his left hand and a whip (kentron) in his r. In front of him above the horses large pellet in high relief (most likely a mark of value). Double exergue line. Rev.: Quadripartite incuse square.

Classification

Coins

Technique

Struck

Medium

Silver

Culture

Greek

Period

Archaic period

Century

6th century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

16.98 g

Provenance

English Private Collection (1903-1970s). Raul Isaac Abecassis, Lisbon and Rio de Janeiro (1970s), by descent to his son, (1977 - 2001), sold; through [Bank Leu, Zurich, Auction 81, 16 May 2001, lot 169], to; private European collection (2001-2013), sold; through [The New York Sale, Auction, 9 January 2013, lot 29], sold; through [B. & H. Kreindler], to; the Harvard Art Museums, 2013. From an unknown hoard found before 1903. A cast from this time period is at the Berlin Museum.