1.1965.1502: Stater of Thebes
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.1502
- Title
- Stater of Thebes
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 550 BCE-480 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Thebes (Boeotia)
- Period
- Archaic period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/170834
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 12.09 g
- Denomination
- stater
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Robinson collection; bought Spink, November 1900
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- BMC p. 67, 5
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
- 1.1965.1502
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obverse: Boeotian shield with rim divided into twelve compartments.
Reverse: Symbol (cross in circle) at center of mill-sail incuse.
Verification Level
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