1.1965.2709: Daric of the Achaemenid Kings
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.2709
- People
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Achaemenid Kings (r. c. 522-330 BCE)
Darius I, the Great (r. 522 - 480 BCE)
- Title
- Daric of the Achaemenid Kings
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 520 - 500 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Persia
- Period
- Achaemenid period
- Culture
- Persian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/188331
Location
- Location
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Level 3, Room 3440, Ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Art, Ancient Middle Eastern Art in the Service of Kings
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Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Gold
- Metal
- AV
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 8.35 g
- Die Axis
- not assignable
- Denomination
- daric
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from the Trustees of the Arthur Stone Dewing Greek Numismatic Foundation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.2709
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: The Persian as archer king running r., holding bow and spear
Rev.: Oblong incuse.
Exhibition History
- Re-View: S422 Ancient & Byzantine Art & Numismatics, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 04/12/2008 - 06/18/2011
- 32Q: 3440 Middle East, Harvard Art Museums, 11/16/2014 - 01/01/2050
Verification Level
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