1985.350.58: Coin of Lakedaimon
Coins
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1985.350.58
- Title
- Coin of Lakedaimon
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 2 BCE-31 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Lakedaimon (Lakonia)
- Period
- Roman Imperial period, Early
- Culture
- Roman Provincial
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/168252
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 8.26 g
- Die Axis
- 6
- Denomination
- as
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- Obverse Inscription: Λ / Α ?
- Reverse Inscription: Mostly illegible except KN
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- RPC I 1111; Grunauer XXXIII.3-19; cf. BCD Pelop 930-1
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
- 1985.350.58
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obverse: Bearded head (Herakles?), r.
Reverse: Jugate heads of the Dioscuri to r. with illegible inscription
Verification Level
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