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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.1965.2431
Title
Half Stater of Lydia, time of Croesus
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
561 BCE-546 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Lydia
Period
Archaic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/148685

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gold
Metal
AV
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
8.03 g
Denomination
half stater

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
1.1965.2431
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Foreparts of lion and bull, facing each other; rev: Two incuse squares, one slightly larger. (Of reduced weight, may have been struck later, under Achaemenid rule.)

Verification Level

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