1957.118: Rhodium Didrachm of Kyrene
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1957.118
- Title
- Rhodium Didrachm of Kyrene
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 300 BCE-298 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa, Cyrene (Cyrenaica)
- Period
- Hellenistic period, Early
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/178432
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Rhodium
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 5.62 g
- Die Axis
- 5
- Denomination
- didrachm
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- Reverse Inscription: KYPA
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- SNG Cop 1238?
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gifts for Special Uses Fund
- Accession Year
- 1957
- Object Number
- 1957.118
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obv.: Head of Carneius r.
Rev.: Silphium plant, in field r. monogram, in field l. star.
Verification Level
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