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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1984.205.104
Title
Coin of Pantikapaion
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
150 BCE-125 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Pantikapaion (Cimmerian Bosporus)
Period
Hellenistic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/177105

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
1.99 g
Die Axis
12
Inscriptions and Marks
  • countermark: Oval countermark
  • Reverse Inscription: PANTI

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Purchased in Paris

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
BMC 41 var.; Shelov 101; Zograph Pl. XLI no. 21; cf. SNGPushkin 1142ff.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of H. Bartlett Wells, Class of 1929
Accession Year
1984
Object Number
1984.205.104
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Head of beardless satyr r.
Reverse: Caps of the Dioscuri each surmounted by a star.

Verification Level

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