1977.216.2223: Lump of Lava Containing a Coin
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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
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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
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- inscription: obverse of coin, red paint, hand painted: 2223
- label: bottom of lava, black ink, handwritten: 2223
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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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
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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
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