1985.350.78: Coin of Kleitor
Coins
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1985.350.78
- Title
- Coin of Kleitor
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 370-350 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Arkadia, Kleitor (Arkadia)
- Period
- Classical period, Late
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/168196
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 5.45 g
- Die Axis
- 1
- Denomination
- dichalkous
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- Reverse Inscription: Nothing legibile although other specimens of this type feature KΛΗ
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- BMC 10; cf. BCD Pelop 1425
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
- 1985.350.78
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obverse: Helmeted head of Athena to l.
Reverse: Horse with trailing rein galloping to r. in front of column on base; something (owl?) above l. in field
Verification Level
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