1979.428.505: Reduced Drachm of Elis
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1979.428.505
- Title
- Reduced Drachm of Elis
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 271-191 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Elis, Elis
- Period
- Hellenistic period
- Culture
- Hellenistic
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/179990
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 4.74 g
- Die Axis
- 10
- Denomination
- drachm
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- Reverse Inscription: FA
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- cf. BMC 134
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Unspecified Collection
- Accession Year
- 1979
- Object Number
- 1979.428.505
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obverse: Eagle flying r., clutching a hare in its talons
Reverse: A thunderbolt; digamma in field at l., alpha in field at r.
Verification Level
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