1986.540.3: Obol of Metapontion, Lucania
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1986.540.3
- Title
- Obol of Metapontion, Lucania
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- late 5th-mid 4th century BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Lucania, Metapontion (Lucania)
- Period
- Classical period, Late, to Hellenistic
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/177258
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 8.68 g
- Die Axis
- 10
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- inscription: obverse: EY / O
- inscription: reverse: ΛΟΣ / ΜΕ
- Obverse Inscription: EY / O
- Reverse Inscription: ΛΟΣ / ME
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- KME 3
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Jonathan Rosen
- Accession Year
- 1986
- Object Number
- 1986.540.3
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obverse: Hermes l., EY / O
Reverse: head of barley; ΛΟΣ to l.; ME to r.
Verification Level
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