Both sides of an irregularly shaped silver-gray coin with relief decoration on each side.　
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On the side of the coin on the left is a woman's head facing right, hair tied up, wearing a crown adorned with palm leaf-like decorations. The other side of the coin depicts a large wreath, at its center a flaming vertical thunderbolt.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1962.98.52
Title
Stater of Elis
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
380-360 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Elis, Elis
Period
Classical period, Late
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/178029

Location

Location
Level 3, Room 3400, Ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Art, Ancient Greece in Black and Orange
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Physical Descriptions

Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
12.02 g
Denomination
stater

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
David M. Robinson Collection, Balimore, MD, (by 1958), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1962.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson
Accession Year
1962
Object Number
1962.98.52
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Head of Hera wearing stephane decorated with palmettes to r.
Reverse: Thunderbolt within wreath

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 3400 Greek, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 01/01/2050

Subjects and Contexts

  • Ancient Coins

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