1.1965.1530: Didrachm of Karystos
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.1530
- Title
- Didrachm of Karystos
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 290 BCE-252 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Euboia, Karystos (Euboia)
- Period
- Hellenistic period, Early
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/170946
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 6.99 g
- Die Axis
- 8
- Denomination
- didrachm
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- Reverse Inscription: KARYSTION
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Acq. Athens, 1937
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- BCD, Lanz 111, 570; Robinson p. 19, 27 (P 13/A 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
- 1.1965.1530
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obverse: Cow r. with head reverted, suckling calf l.
Reverse: Cock standing r.
Verification Level
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