Emergency stater of Athens

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Title

Emergency stater of Athens

Description

Obverse: Helmeted head of Athena r., helmet adorned with olive leaves (frontal eye developing some profile characteristics) Reverse: Owl standing r. holding olive sprig in talons; to l., olive sprig.

Creator

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from the Trustees of the Arthur Stone Dewing Greek Numismatic Foundation
OBJECT NUMBER:
1.1965.1624

Source

https://iiif.harvardartmuseums.org/manifests/object/170874

Publisher

Harvard Art Museum

Date

406 BCE

Relation

Found in Greece prior to 1941-45 according to Dewing's notes. Acquired in New York in 1946. Published by E.S.G. Robinson, "Some Problesm in the Later FIfth Century Coinage of Athens", ANSMN 9 (1960), pp.1-15, pl, 1, 10 (this coin).

Format

Gold coin, struck, 8.58g

Citation

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from the Trustees of the Arthur Stone Dewing Greek Numismatic Foundation OBJECT NUMBER: 1.1965.1624, “Emergency stater of Athens,” HAA Image Hosting, accessed May 20, 2026, https://haaimagehosting.omeka.fas.harvard.edu/items/show/420.

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