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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.11
Title
Stater of Metapontion, Lucania
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
550 BCE-480 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Lucania, Metapontion (Lucania)
Period
Archaic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/180081

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
8.17 g
Die Axis
12
Denomination
stater
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: obverse: MET
  • Obverse Inscription: MET

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Noe I . 21a:; HN3

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer
Accession Year
1933
Object Number
1933.11
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: head of barley; MET
Reverse: Head of barley, incuse

Exhibition History

  • 2002.17[Teaching Exhibition], Tufts University Art Gallery, Medford, 10/01/1971 - 01/01/1972

Verification Level

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