Incorrect Username, Email, or Password
This object does not yet have a description.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1977.216.2223
Title
Lump of Lava Containing a Coin
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
18th-19th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Sicily
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/184783

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Volcanic rock and bronze
Dimensions
3.5 x 7.5 x 7.2 cm (1 3/8 x 2 15/16 x 2 13/16 in.)
unspecified: 140.6 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: obverse of coin, red paint, hand painted: 2223
  • label: bottom of lava, black ink, handwritten: 2223

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Harvard University Department of the Classics, Cambridge, MA, Transferred to the Fogg Art Museum, 1977.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University
Accession Year
1977
Object Number
1977.216.2223
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
Permissions

The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request.

Descriptions

Description
Lump of hardened lava containing a tarnished bronze or copper coin. A man in left profile is faintly visible on the obverse.

Publication History

  • Ethan Lasser, ed., The Philosophy Chamber: Art and Science in Harvard’s Teaching Cabinet, 1766–1820, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2017), p. 127, Plate 63 (contents of cabinet); p. 128, Plate 64c.

Exhibition History

Verification Level

This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu