1.1965.1437: Drachm of Dyrrhachium
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.1437
- Title
- Drachm of Dyrrhachium
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 120-70 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Dyrrhachium (Illyria)
- Period
- Hellenistic period, Late
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/171386
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 3.21 g
- Die Axis
- 3
- Denomination
- drachm
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- Obverse Inscription: [E]YKTHMΩN
- Reverse Inscription: ΔYP; A[MYN]TA
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Acq. Platt, 1940
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Dewing 1437; Meta p. 228; Ceka 162; cf. SNG Cop 453ff.
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
- 1.1965.1437
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obv.: Cow suckling calf r.; to r., cornucopiae; below, branch.
Rev.: Floral pattern in double linear square.
Verification Level
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