1.1965.1517: Drachm of Thebes
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.1517
- Title
- Drachm of Thebes
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 220 BCE-200 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Thebes (Boeotia)
- Period
- Hellenistic period, Middle
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/170892
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 5.07 g
- Die Axis
- 10
- Denomination
- drachm
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Reverse Inscription: BOIOTON
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Acq. Athens, 1956
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- BMC p. 40, 79
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
- 1.1965.1517
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obverse: Head of Demeter three-quarters facing to r., wearing corn wreath.
Reverse: Poseidon standing r. holding trident in r. hand, dolphin on l. hand; to r., symbol and Boeotian shield.
Verification Level
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