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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.1965.672
Title
Didrachm of Segesta
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
480 BCE-400 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Segesta (Sicily)
Period
Classical period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/188614

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
8.38 g
Die Axis
9
Denomination
didrachm

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
1.1965.672
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Hound sniffing to l.; above, female head l. Border of dots.
Rev.: Head of the goddess Aegesta to l.; legend retrograde, die break behind neck of goddess; linear border.

Verification Level

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