1.1965.621: Didrachm of Leontinoi
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.621
- Title
- Didrachm of Leontinoi
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 476 BCE-468 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Leontinoi (Sicily)
- Period
- Classical period, Early
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/188751
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 8.39 g
- Die Axis
- 6
- Denomination
- didrachm
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Acq. Catania, 1930
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
- 1.1965.621
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: Naked man on horse, holding whip. Border of dots.
Rev.: LEONTINON (Chalcidian lambda); lion's head; around, four barleycorns.
Verification Level
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