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Both sides of an irregularly shaped gold coin with relief decoration on each side.　

On the side of the coin on the left is the head of a lion facing right, mouth open with teeth showing, wart on its nose. The other side of the coin depicts two indented squares with one slightly larger than the other.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.1965.2422
Title
Trite of Sardis (Lydia)
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
650 BCE - 600 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Lydia
Period
Archaic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/148691

Location

Location
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
Electrum
Metal
EL
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
4.73 g
Die Axis
not assignable
Denomination
trite

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Cahn 66, 9 May 1930, 342

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Cahn 66

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
1.1965.2422
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Lion's head r., with globular wart on nose
Rev.: Two incuse squares, one slightly larger

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 3440 Middle East, Harvard Art Museums, 11/16/2014 - 01/01/2050

Verification Level

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