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Coin of Tegea
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Obverse: Head of Aleos to r., bearded and wearing taenia. Inscription behind head.
Reverse: Pallas to r. and Cepheus to l., both armed and standing facing each other with Athena handing over the head of Medusa. Sterope stands between them facing r. and holding up vase to receive it. Above and below, monograms.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of H. Bartlett Wells Class of 1929
Title: Coin of Tegea
Description:
Obverse: Head of Aleos to r.
, bearded and wearing taenia.
Inscription behind head.
Reverse: Pallas to r.
and Cepheus to l.
, both armed and standing facing each other with Athena handing over the head of Medusa.
Sterope stands between them facing r.
and holding up vase to receive it.
Above and below, monograms.
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