1.1965.1930: Obol of Kleonae
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.1930
- Title
- Obol of Kleonae
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 470-420 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Kleonai (Argolis)
- Period
- Classical period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/170213
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 0.82 g
- Die Axis
- 3
- Denomination
- obol
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Glendining, 7 Mar. 1957 (Ambassador), 229.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- cf. BCD Pelop 1315-1318.1
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
- 1.1965.1930
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obverse: Head of Heracles to l. wearing lion skin
Reverse: Kappa in incuse square with raised triangle dividing left bar
Verification Level
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