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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.1965.2287
Title
Stater of Miletus
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
600 - 550 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Miletos (Ionia)
Period
Archaic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/169808

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Electrum
Metal
EL
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
14.03 g
Denomination
stater

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
from the R. Jameson Collection n.2587: bought by A.S. Dewing on Feb.7, 1929 from Jacob Hirsch, New York.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
cf. Weidauer 126-127

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
1.1965.2287
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Lion reclining left, head turned back, all within rectangular frame
Reverse: Oblong incuse with for running flanked by two smaller incuse squares

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 3440 Middle East, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 11/16/2016

Verification Level

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