1.1965.1379: Hemidrachm of Demetrias
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.1379
- Title
- Hemidrachm of Demetrias
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- c. 290 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Demetrias (Thessaly)
- Period
- Hellenistic period, Early
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/184888
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 2.37 g
- Die Axis
- 12
- Denomination
- hemidrachm
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- Reverse Inscription: DEMETRIEON
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Glendining, 12 April 1958 (Lockett), 1416 = Naville 6, 28 January 1924 (Bement), 907
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- BCD, Triton XV, 62; SNGLockett 1550; SNGCop 46; Weber 2803
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
- 1.1965.1379
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obverse: Head of Artemis r.
Reverse: Prow of galley r.; to l., monogram.
Verification Level
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