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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.1965.1310
Title
Hemidrachm of the Island of Samothrake
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
c. 475 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Samothrake (Aegean Islands)
Period
Classical period, Early
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/185813

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
2.24 g
Die Axis
6
Denomination
hemidrachm

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
From the Kiourpet 1930 hoard (IGCH 696)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
IGCH 696; Schwabacher 9

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
1.1965.1310
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Sphinx sitting on exergue line to l. with r. paw raised; round wings, no feathers rendered. Circle of dots.
Rev.: Lion's head to l. within quadripartite incuse square with a pearled border.

Verification Level

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