1.1965.1365: Stater of the Koinon of Thessaly
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.1365
- People
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Koinon of Thessaly
- Title
- Stater of the Koinon of Thessaly
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- c. 196 BCE - early 1st century BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Thessaly
- Period
- Hellenistic period, Middle
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/185529
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 6.3 g
- Die Axis
- 12
- Denomination
- stater
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Reverse Inscription: THESSALON; DAMOTHOINOU; POLYXENOS
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Acq. Athens, 1964
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- cf. BCD, Triton XV, 870.3-4; McClean 4735ff.
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
- 1.1965.1365
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obverse: Head of Zeus r., wearing oak wreath.
Reverse: Athena Itonia advancing r. with spear in r. hand, shield on l. arm; above, DAMOTHOINOU; in exergue, POLYXENOS.
Verification Level
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