1976.79.1146: Hemidrachm of Phokis
Coins
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1976.79.1146
- Title
- Hemidrachm of Phokis
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 485-480 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Phokis
- Period
- Archaic period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/181596
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 2.73 g
- Die Axis
- 2
- Denomination
- hemidrachm
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- Reverse Inscription: Φ - Ο - [Κ] - [Ι]
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- cf. Williams 26; BCD Phokis 191
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Unspecified Collection
- Accession Year
- 1976
- Object Number
- 1976.79.1146
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obverse: Frontal bull's head (hair in ringlets?)
Reverse: Head of Artemis, r., wearing stephane, within incuse square with letters in corners.
Verification Level
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