Tetradrachm with Head of Athena

Culture: Ancient Greek, c.900–31 BCE
Period: Classical period, 480–323 BCE
Date: 440–410 BCE
Material: Silver
minted in: Athens, Periféreia Protevoúsis region, Greece, Europe
Classification: Coins & currency, metalwork
Collection: Ancient Art
Current Location: On View, Gallery 320 East
Dimensions: 17.09 grams
15/16 in. (2.4 cm)
Credit Line: Museum Purchase in memory of James B. Musick
Rights: Public Domain
Object Number: 135:1945

- 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.

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