1985.21.40: Coin of Pharsalos
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1985.21.40
- Title
- Coin of Pharsalos
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 400 BCE-344 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Pharsalos (Thessaly)
- Period
- Classical period, Late
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/174885
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 3.16 g
- Die Axis
- 3
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Reverse Inscription: PHARS
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- cf. Rogers 470; SNGCop 226; BCD, Triton XV, 667.1
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
- 1985.21.40
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obverse: Head of Athena r. in Corinthian helmet decorated with hippocamp?
Reverse: Thessalian horseman r.; S to r.
Verification Level
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