1982.99.176: Coin of Metapontion, Lucania
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1982.99.176
- Title
- Coin of Metapontion, Lucania
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- early 3rd century BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Lucania, Metapontion (Lucania)
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/173800
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 2.71 g
- Die Axis
- 12
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: reverse: META
- Reverse Inscription: META
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- SNG ANS 574; KME 62
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
- 1982.99.176
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obverse: Head of Demeter with barley wreath r.
Reverse: head of barley; fly r.
Verification Level
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