2008.115.59: Stater of Lesbos
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2008.115.59
- Title
- Stater of Lesbos
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 525-480 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Lesbos
- Period
- Archaic period, Late, to Early Classical
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/186531
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Billon
- Metal
- Bi
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 10.87 g
- Die Axis
- 2
- Denomination
- stater
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Baldwin sale. Ex coll. Hutton.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University
- Accession Year
- 2008
- Object Number
- 2008.115.59
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
obverse: two calves' heads confronted; between, olive branch.
reverse: incuse square.
Verification Level
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