1984.618: Stater of Pheneos, forgery
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1984.618
- Title
- Stater of Pheneos, forgery
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 360-340 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Arkadia, Pheneos (Arkadia)
- Period
- Classical period, Late
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/179451
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 12.71 g
- Die Axis
- 3
- Denomination
- stater
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- Reverse Inscription: Traces of inscription but illegible. Should read APKAΣ behind infant and ΦΕΝΕΩΝ below
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- cf. BCD Pelop 1622
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
- 1984.618
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obverse: Head of Demeter to r. wearing grain wreath
Reverse: Hermes moving holding kerykeion in r. hand and infant Arkas in l.; Arkas raises hand to touch Hermes' petasos
Verification Level
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