Both sides of an irregularly shaped silver gray coin with relief decoration on each side.
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Within the circle on the left is a tortoise located in the center, seen from above. It’s head and feet are visible, coming out of the shell. The shell detailed with the square segments raised. The circle on the right depicts a raised geometric pattern within an indented square.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.1965.1684
Title
Stater of Aigina
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
445 -431 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Aigina (Aegina)
Period
Classical period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/170466

Location

Location
Level 3, Room 3400, Ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Art, Ancient Greece in Black and Orange
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
12.19 g
Die Axis
not assignable
Denomination
stater

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Helbing, 8 Nov. 1928

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
1.1965.1684
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Land tortoise with square carapace divided into segments, feet visible.
Reverse: Large incuse skew pattern

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 3400 Greek, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 01/01/2050

Verification Level

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