Drachm
Greek
Tarentum
Calabria
302-281 BCE
Silver
Overall: 5 7/8 in. (15 cm)
Weight: 2.9 g
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Glenn Babbitt
174.30.30169
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
1000 BCE-1 CE
Object Name
Coin
Research Area
Numismatics: Greek and Roman
Not on view
Inscriptions
Obverse: Head of Pallas/Athena right, wearing necklace and crested helmet, on which last is Skylla Reverse: Owl right on top of Ionic column; TA*P* in lower right of field
Course History
CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022
Provenance
Glenn Babbitt; given to present collection, 1974.
Catalogue Raisonne
BMC Italy: p. 200, no. 324
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