Both sides of an irregularly shaped silver-gray coin with relief decoration on each side.　
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On the side of the coin on the left is a woman seated in a tree facing slightly to right, naked from the waist up, lifting her garment over her shoulder with her right hand; in front of her, an eagle with its wings open hovering. The other side of the coin depicts bull standing facing right, head turned back facing left.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.1965.2023
Title
Stater of Gortyn, Crete
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
300 - 280/70 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Crete, Gortynai (Crete)
Period
Hellenistic period, Early
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/170542

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
11.47 g
Die Axis
4
Denomination
stater

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
J. Schulman 231, 6 March 1958 lot 3683

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Le Rider p. 78 no.64; Svoronos 72

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
1.1965.2023
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Tree goddess (Europa) seated in a tree, naked to the waist, lifting up her garment over her shoulder with her r. hand; in front of her eagle with open wings hovering.
Reverse: Bull standing to r. with head turned back.

Exhibition History

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

Verification Level

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