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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1982.99.188
Title
Sextans of Poseidonia, Lucania
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
200-101 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Paestum (Lucania)
Period
Hellenistic period
Culture
Hellenistic
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/173460

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
1.86 g
Die Axis
5
Denomination
sextans
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: reverse: ΠΑEΣ
  • Reverse Inscription: ΠΑEΣ

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
ANS 752; HN3 1221

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
1982.99.188
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Head of Demeter, r.
Reverse: Forepart of a boar, r.; below, two pellets.

Verification Level

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