1.1965.1900: Obol of Elis or Olympia
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.1900
- Title
- Obol of Elis or Olympia
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 352-271 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Elis, Elis
- Period
- Classical period, Late, to Early Hellenistic
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/170515
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 0.71 g
- Die Axis
- 3
- Denomination
- obol
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- SNGLockett 2419. Glendining, 27 May 1957 (Lockett), 1451.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- SNG Lockett 2419; BCD Olympia, 147
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
- 1.1965.1900
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obverse: Laureate head of Zeus to r.
Reverse: Eagle with wings closed standing to r. with head to l. Bunch of grapes to l.
Publication History
- [Reproduction Only], Persephone, (Fall 2006)., p. 33.
Verification Level
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