1987.32.55: Drachm of Dyrrhachium
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1987.32.55
- Title
- Drachm of Dyrrhachium
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 120-70 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Dyrrhachium (Illyria)
- Period
- Hellenistic period, Late
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/181372
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 3.23 g
- Die Axis
- 5
- Denomination
- drachm
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- Obverse Inscription: AΛKΩN
- Reverse Inscription: ΔYP ΠAP MENIΣ KOY
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Meta p. 227
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Rya W. Zobel in memory of Paul Weickert
- Accession Year
- 1987
- Object Number
- 1987.32.55
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obv.: Cow suckling calf, dotted border.
Rev.: Floral patterns in square, linear border.
Verification Level
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