1985.350.46: Coin of Messene
Coins
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1985.350.46
- Title
- Coin of Messene
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 150-50 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Messenia, Messene (Messenia)
- Period
- Hellenistic period, Late
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/168062
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 8.91 g
- Die Axis
- 8
- Denomination
- hemiobol
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- Reverse Inscription: ME / ΔΙ
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- SNG Cop 511; cf. BCD Pelop 736-8
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of H. Bartlett Wells, Class of 1929
- Accession Year
- 1985
- Object Number
- 1985.350.46
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obverse: Head of Demeter to r.
Reverse: Zeus standing r. hurling thunderbolt with r. hand and eagle perched to r. with spread wings on back of l. wrist; to l., ME above ΔΙ in wreath and to r. tripod
Verification Level
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