17 15 244 https://thor.lawrence.edu/omeka/buerger/files/original/7f123e4db0691670ee187aaabdff3b30.jpg 8cb3892bb8adbecdd897f3d4290422ca Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Otillia Buerger Collection of Ancient and Byzantine Coins Description An account of the resource More coming soon... complete collection available on ArtStor Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Croton (Kroton), Bruttium, Italy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource c. 350 BCE Description An account of the resource Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo facing to right; ΚΡΟΤΩΝΙΑΤΑΣ:Krotoniate Reverse: Baby Herakles seated on ground facing to left, strangling two snakes. Style/Period: Greek (ancient) There are two accounts, one historical and one legendary, of the foundation of Kroton, a prosperous city in southern Italy (see 91.108). The city was founded by the Achaeans on instructions from the oracle of Apollo at Delphi in the late eighth century, but according to legend the city was settled by the hero Herakles. The types on this coin refer to both traditions. On the obverse is the head of Apollo. On the reverse is the baby Herakles, strangling the snakes that the goddess Hera had sent to kill him. Hera plagued Herakles all his life because he had been fathered by her consort, Zeus, with the beautiful princess Alkmene. The image is on the coins of Kroton often interpreted as a symbol of the struggles between Greeks and barbarians in the area. Little is known of the history of Kroton in this period. -- Carol L. Lawton Bibliography: C.M. Kraay, Archaic and Classical Greek Coins (Berkeley and Los Angeles 1976). Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 93.001 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Wriston Art Center Galleries, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI,wriston-gallery@lawrence.edu,920-832-6890 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Former collection of Ottilia Buerger. Purchased from Harlan Berk, 16-Aug-1990. Subject The topic of the resource Greek, Apollo, infant, Herakles, snake, Croton, Kroton, Bruttium, Italy Title A name given to the resource Silver Stater of Croton (Kroton), Bruttium, Italy, 7.62 g. https://thor.lawrence.edu/omeka/buerger/files/original/2fef64dcd8f7604636f5419b02bc690f.jpg e6915c5df763813eeb2b75904cf64837 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Otillia Buerger Collection of Ancient and Byzantine Coins Description An account of the resource More coming soon... complete collection available on ArtStor Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Agrigentum (Akragas), Sicily, Italy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 413-406 BCE Description An account of the resource Obverse: Racing quadriga to left driven by Nike; tablet above inscribed ΑΚΡΑΓΑΝΤΙΝΟΝ: of the Akragantines; club in exergue. Reverse: Two eagles devouring a hare facing right. Style/Period: Greek (ancient) Akragas, modern Agrigento, was founded c. 580 BCE by settlers from the Rhodian colony of Gela. It was one of the wealthiest cities of Sicily, prospering from its agricultural exports to Carthage. It reached its period of greatest influence under the tyrant Theron, 488-472 BCE, whose building program included a colossal Temple of Olympian Zeus. The city was destroyed by Carthage in 406 BCE. The eagle, attribute of Zeus, was the most frequent Akragantine coin type. It appeared as a simple standing bird on the obverse of the city's coins until the late fifth century, when under the influence of the coins of Syracuse it was displaced by a victorious quadriga (see 91.032, 91.033, 93.005, 93.007). On the reverses of these coins the tame standing bird of earlier issues was replaced by two mighty eagles devouring a hare. Both eagles stand on their prey, one with spread wings about to pick at the animal, the other raising its head to swallow or scream. The quadriga on the obverse may originally have referred to an Olympic victory, but it was used for several years. Like its Syracusan model, it is a fast-moving quadriga with spirited horses throwing their heads into the air; one die shows a broken rein trailing on the ground. -- Carol L. Lawton Bibliography: C.T. Seltman, "The engravers of the Akragantine decadrachms," Numismatic Chronicle 1948, 1-10. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 93.010 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Wriston Art Center Galleries, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI,wriston-gallery@lawrence.edu,920-832-6890 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Former collection of Ottilia Buerger. Purchased from Harlan Berk, 29 Aug 1989. Subject The topic of the resource Greek, quadriga, horse, Nike, eagle, hare, Agrigentum, Akragas, Sicily, Italy Title A name given to the resource Silver Tetradrachm of Agrigentum (Akragas), Sicily, Italy, 17.42 g. https://thor.lawrence.edu/omeka/buerger/files/original/8d584060e7c090e0a1b44507f70b0e4e.jpg 4b0560f4dd23a9ec534d3436af866a53 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Otillia Buerger Collection of Ancient and Byzantine Coins Description An account of the resource More coming soon... complete collection available on ArtStor Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Catana (Katane), Sicily, Italy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource c. 431-404 BCE Description An account of the resource Obverse: Facing head of Apollo wearing laurel wreath; to right ΗΡΑΚΛ[ΕΙΔΑΣ]: Herakleidas. Reverse: Quadriga racing to right past Ionic column; Nike flying above horses; in exergue, crayfish, ΚΑΤΑΝΑΙΩΝ: of the Katanians. Style/Period: Greek (ancient) Katane was a colony of Sicilian Naxos (see 93.004) south of Mt. Etna. In the early fifth century it incurred the wrath of Syracuse, whose tyrant Hieron expelled its inhabitants, but they returned c. 461 BCE. In 415 BCE Katane served as the base for the Athenians' unsuccessful invasion of Syracuse. Notwithstanding the years of trouble with the city, the coins of Katane show considerable Syracusan influence. At the end of the fifth century, a number of master die-engravers who signed their coins were employed at Katane. One was Euainetos, best known for his racing quadrigas on the coins of Syracuse (see 91.032). Another was Herakleidas, whose signature is barely legible on the obverse of this coin. In the facing Apollo of the obverse of this coin, Herakleidas was probably influenced by the contemporary facing heads of Kimon (see 93.007) and Eukleidas (see 93.005) on Syracusan coins. His heads of Apollo have a similar fleshiness and luxuriant hair. The reverse also shows Syracusan influence; the racing quadriga had long been used as the main obverse type on Syracusan coins. The column in the background of the scene provides a sense of depth, which is also characteristic of Syracusan coins of the period. -- Carol L. Lawton Bibliography: C.M. Kraay, Archaic and Classical Greek Coins (Berkeley and Los Angeles 1976) 224-225. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 93.006 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Wriston Art Center Galleries, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI,wriston-gallery@lawrence.edu,920-832-6890 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Former collection of Ottilia Buerger. Purchased from Harlan Berk, 1992. Subject The topic of the resource Greek, Apollo, laurel wreath, quadriga, horse, Ionic column, crayfish, Catana, Katane, Sicily, Italy Title A name given to the resource Silver Tetradrachm of Catana (Katane), Sicily, Italy, 17.29 g. https://thor.lawrence.edu/omeka/buerger/files/original/7aa0e724ac0839388130dc7d84a605fa.jpg b8b8b91730cd50c50ed03184ba1db549 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Otillia Buerger Collection of Ancient and Byzantine Coins Description An account of the resource More coming soon... complete collection available on ArtStor Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Naxus (Naxos), Sicily, Italy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource c. 460 BCE Description An account of the resource Obverse: Bearded head of Dionysos facing right, wearing ivy wreath. Reverse: Seated Silenos holding kantharos in right hand; ΝΑΧΙΟΝ: of the Naxians. Style/Period: Greek (ancient) Naxos was the earliest Greek colony in Sicily, founded by Chalkis in 735 BCE (Thucydides, History 6.3). Its mint also produced some of the earliest coins in Sicily. The Dionysiac types on its coins reflect the mainstay of its economy, the production of wine. In 476 BCE the Naxians had been forced to move to Leontinoi by the tyrant Hieron of Syracuse, but after the fall of the tyranny they returned home c. 461 BCE The coins that they issued upon their return are considered among the masterpieces of Greek coinage. Only a single pair of dies was made for these coins, of which some 50 examples survive. The obverse depicts a finely detailed head of the wine god Dionysos, and the reverse Silenos, one of the imbibing part-man, part-animal followers of Dionysos. Silenos here has shaggy hair, horse's ears, and a tail. He sits in an undignified squat as he prepares to drink from the kantharos or wine-cup in his right hand. The radical foreshortening of his right leg and foot and the detailed musculature of his torso are comparable to the treatment of the best large-scale sculpture of the period. -- Carol L. Lawton Bibliography: C.M. Kraay, Archaic and Classical Greek Coins (Berkeley and Los Angeles 1976) 217-218. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 93.004 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Wriston Art Center Galleries, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI,wriston-gallery@lawrence.edu,920-832-6890 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Former collection of Ottilia Buerger. Purchased from Harlan Berk, 20-Sep-1991. Ex Rosen collection. Subject The topic of the resource Greek, Dionysus, ivy wreath, Silenos, kantharos, Naxus, Naxos, Sicily, Italy Title A name given to the resource Silver Tetradrachm of Naxus (Naxos), Sicily, Italy, 17.49 g.