1985.21.45: Coin of Thebai
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1985.21.45
- Title
- Coin of Thebai
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 302 BCE-186 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Thebai (Thessaly)
- Period
- Hellenistic period, Middle
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/174493
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 9.48 g
- Die Axis
- 5
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- Reverse Inscription: THEBAION
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Rogers 550; SNGCop 261; BCD, Triton XV, 761
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of H. Bartlett Wells, Class of 1929
- Accession Year
- 1985
- Object Number
- 1985.21.45
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obverse: Head of Demeter l., veiled, with grain wreath.
Reverse: Protesilaos with shield leaping ashore from galley.
Subjects and Contexts
- Ancient Coins
Verification Level
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