Daric of the Achaemenid Kings | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1.1965.2709
People: Achaemenid Kings (r. c. 522-330 BCE)
Darius I, the Great (r. 522 - 480 BCE)
Title: Daric of the Achaemenid Kings
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 520 - 500 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Persia
Period: Achaemenid period
Culture: Persian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/188331

Location

Location: Level 3, Room 3440, Ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Art, Ancient Middle Eastern Art in the Service of Kings

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Physical Descriptions

Medium: Gold
Metal: AV
Technique: Struck
Dimensions: 8.35 g
Die Axis: not assignable
Denomination: daric

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: 1.1965.2709
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obv.: The Persian as archer king running r., holding bow and spear
Rev.: Oblong incuse.

Exhibition History

Re-View: S422 Ancient & Byzantine Art & Numismatics, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 04/12/2008 - 06/18/2011
32Q: 3440 Middle East, Harvard Art Museums, 11/16/2014 - 01/01/2050

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1.1965.2709: Daric of the Achaemenid Kings