1.1965.1907: Reduced Drachm of Elis or Olympia
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.1907
- Title
- Reduced Drachm of Elis or Olympia
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 271-191 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Elis, Elis
- Period
- Hellenistic period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/170449
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 4.96 g
- Die Axis
- 2
- Denomination
- reduced drachm
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- Reverse Inscription: F-A/Σ-Ω
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Acq. Sepheriades, 1954.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- cf. Schwabacher, pl. 14, 36; cf. BCD Olympia, 259
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
- 1.1965.1907
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obverse: Eagle flying r. holding hare
Reverse: Thunderbolt with wreath to l. and F-A/Σ-Ω across field
Verification Level
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