1.1965.1239: Diobol of Pantikapaion
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.1239
- Title
- Diobol of Pantikapaion
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 499 BCE-400 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Pantikapaion (Cimmerian Bosporus)
- Period
- Classical period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/187847
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 1.61 g
- Denomination
- diobol
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Hess 207, 1 December 1931, 236
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- SNGPushkin 762
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
- 1.1965.1239
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obverse: Lion scalp facing.
Reverse: Incuse square with swastika pattern; on opposite arms, two stars.
Verification Level
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