1976.79.1059: Didrachm (twenty units) of Populonia
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1976.79.1059
- Title
- Didrachm (twenty units) of Populonia
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 211 - 200 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Populonia (Etruria)
- Period
- Roman Republican period
- Culture
- Etruscan
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/181193
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 8.13 g
- Denomination
- twenty units
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- Reverse Inscription: poplona (?)
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- HN 3, 143-44; SNG ANS 87
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Unspecified Collection
- Accession Year
- 1976
- Object Number
- 1976.79.1059
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obverse: Gorgoneion; under the chin X - X. Circle of dots.
Reverse: smooth with star and crescent (?) inscription popluna (?), circle of dots..
Exhibition History
- 32Q: 2540 Renaissance, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/18/2018 - 11/15/2018
Verification Level
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