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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.1965.1243
Title
Didrachm of Pantikapaion
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
100 BCE-75 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Pantikapaion (Cimmerian Bosporus)
Period
Hellenistic period, Late
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/187517

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
8.13 g
Die Axis
2
Denomination
didrachm
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Reverse Inscription: PANTIKAPAITWN

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Spink, NCirc 1944, 25078

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
SNGPushkin 1165

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
1.1965.1243
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Head of Dionysos r., wearing ivy wreath.
Reverse: Bunch of grapes in ivy wreath; above, symbol (HT fused with triangles above and below crossbar, joined to R).

Verification Level

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