1982.99.183: Coin of Paestum, Lucania
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1982.99.183
- Title
- Coin of Paestum, Lucania
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- mid 3rd century BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Paestum (Lucania)
- Period
- Hellenistic period
- Culture
- Hellenistic
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/172921
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 6.21 g
- Die Axis
- 3
- Denomination
- uncia
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- inscription: reverse: ΠΑΙΣΤΑΝΟ
- Reverse Inscription: ΠΑΙΣΤΑΝΟ
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- D.S. 1324-6; SNG ANS 722-6; Evelpidis 247-8; HN3 1184; Crawford 3a
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of H. Bartlett Wells, Class of 1929
- Accession Year
- 1982
- Object Number
- 1982.99.183
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obv.: Head of Poseidon, r., laureate.
Rev.: Eros riding on a dolphin, to l.
Verification Level
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