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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.1965.1461
Title
Didrachm of Leucas
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
167-100 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Leukas (Akarnania)
Period
Hellenistic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/171066

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
8.05 g
Die Axis
12
Denomination
didrachm
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Reverse Inscription: ΛΕΥΚΑΔΙΩΝ / ΥΠΕΡΒΑΛΛΩΝ monogram to r.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Ars Classica 16, 3 July 1933, 412

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
var. BCD Akarnanien 311; SNG Cop 384; BMC 100

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
1.1965.1461
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Statue of Aphrodite Aineias to r. with stag, within laurel wreath.
Reverse: Prow of galley r.; above, rudder; to r., monogram.

Verification Level

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