Didrachm of Leucas | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1.1965.1463
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/171318

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver

Metal

AR

Technique

Struck

Dimensions

7.98 g

Die Axis

12

Denomination

didrachm

Inscriptions and Marks

Reverse Inscription: ΛΕΥΚΑΔΙΩΝ / ΛΕΩΝ Two monograms

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Acq. Zoumboulakis, 1959

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: cf. BCD Akarnanien 303-4; SNG Cop 382; BMC 91-92

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: 1.1965.1463
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; to l., bird-topped scepter and eagle standing r. on thunderbolt; all within laurel wreath.
Reverse: Prow of galley r.; above and to r., monograms.

Verification Level

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1.1965.1463: Didrachm of Leucas