Dekadrachm with Head of Arethusa
- Culture
- Syracusan, c.734 BCE–c.470 CE
- Date
- 405–395 BCE
- Material
- Silver
- minted in
- Syracuse, Sicily region, Italy, Europe
- Classification
- Coins & currency, metalwork
- Collection
- Ancient Art
- Current Location
- On View, Gallery 320 East
- Dimensions
- 41.85 grams
1 5/16 in. (3.4 cm) - Credit Line
- Museum Purchase in memory of James B. Musick
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 123:1945
Provenance
- c.1940
St. Louis Stamp and Coin Co., St. Louis, MO, USA
c.1940 - 1945
James Boggs Musick, St. Louis, MO, purchased from St. Louis Stamp and Coin Co.; Edna Jane Musick, Ashfork, AZ, by inheritance [1]
1945 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Edna Jane Musick [2]
Notes:
[1] Listed in a notebook assumed to have belonged to James Boggs Musick, which contains the catalogue of Musick's collection. Obituary of James Boggs Musick gives his relationship to Edna Jane Musick as his sister [SLAM document files].
[2] A typed note (perhaps a personal invoice?) dated November 14, 1945 lists Miss Musick and her AZ residence, along with the collection of sixty-two coins (120-181:1945) [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, October 4, 1945.
St. Louis Stamp and Coin Co., St. Louis, MO, USA
c.1940 - 1945
James Boggs Musick, St. Louis, MO, purchased from St. Louis Stamp and Coin Co.; Edna Jane Musick, Ashfork, AZ, by inheritance [1]
1945 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Edna Jane Musick [2]
Notes:
[1] Listed in a notebook assumed to have belonged to James Boggs Musick, which contains the catalogue of Musick's collection. Obituary of James Boggs Musick gives his relationship to Edna Jane Musick as his sister [SLAM document files].
[2] A typed note (perhaps a personal invoice?) dated November 14, 1945 lists Miss Musick and her AZ residence, along with the collection of sixty-two coins (120-181:1945) [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, October 4, 1945.
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