1.1965.1299: Diobol of Mesembria
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.1299
- Title
- Diobol of Mesembria
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 450 BCE-350 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Mesembria (Thrace)
- Period
- Classical period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/184717
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 1.26 g
- Denomination
- diobol
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- Reverse Inscription: META
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Hirsch, July 2 1929, #229
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- SNGCop (2) 652; SNG Tübingen 893
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from the Trustees of the Arthur Stone Dewing Greek Numismatic Foundation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.1299
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obverse: Crested Corinthian helmet facing.
Reverse: META between spokes of four-spoked radiate wheel.
Verification Level
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