1.1965.1893: Stater of Elis or Olympia
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.1893
- Title
- Stater of Elis or Olympia
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 323-271 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Elis, Elis
- Period
- Hellenistic period, Early
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/187360
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 11.89 g
- Die Axis
- 12
- Denomination
- stater
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Egger 40, 2 May 1912 (Prowe), 1118.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Seltman 212 (this coin)
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
- 1.1965.1893
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obv. Laureate head of Zeus.
Rev. FA Eagle r.; in field, snake, thunderbolt and eta.
Verification Level
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