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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.1965.1381
Title
Hemidrachm of Lamia
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
400 BCE-344 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Lamia (Thessaly)
Period
Classical period, Late
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/184820

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
2.68 g
Die Axis
12
Denomination
hemidrachm
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Reverse Inscription: LAMIEON

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Glendining, 7 March 1957 (Ambassador), 83 (part)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
BCD, Triton XV, 123; SNGCop 77; Georgiou 2004, p. 161 and pl. 1, 6

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
1.1965.1381
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Head of young Dionysos l., wearing ivy wreath.
Reverse: Amphora; above, ivy leaf; to r., pitcher, handle r.

Verification Level

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