Quarter Stater: Tree (obverse); Plain Field (reverse)

Description

The smaller size of the quarter stater left the artist little room for design. Apparently he was unable to reduce the stater design to such small dimensions. The meaningless jumble is probably part of a larger design.

Provenance

Mrs. Emery May Holden Norweb (1895-1984), Cleveland, OH, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art (-1969); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1969-)

Quarter Stater: Tree (obverse); Plain Field (reverse)

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c. 125–20 BCE

Accession Number

1969.144

Medium

gold

Dimensions

Diameter: 1 cm (3/8 in.)

Classification

Coins

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

The Norweb Collection