1.1965.1921: Hemidrachm of Lakedaimon
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.1921
- Title
- Hemidrachm of Lakedaimon
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 90-50 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Lakedaimon (Lakonia)
- Period
- Hellenistic period, Late
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/170579
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 2.29 g
- Die Axis
- 12
- Denomination
- hemidrachm
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Reverse Inscription: Λ-Α / O above monogram of ΜΑΔ to l. and Κ Η to r.
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Acq. Spink, 1962.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Grunaeur VIII, 94, 2 (this coin); BCD Pelop 874
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
- 1.1965.1921
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obverse: Diademed head of Heracles to r. with border of dots
Reverse: Amphora between caps (pilei) of Dioscuri with inscription below across field, all within wreath
Verification Level
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