Both sides of an irregularly shaped silver-gray coin with relief decoration on each side.　
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On the side of the coin on the left is a man’s head facing right, long hair tumbles down the back of neck, with laurel wreath atop. Greek characters line the right border. The other side of the coin depicts a small naked child squatting with head turned left, both arms outstretched strangling two serpents, one in each hand with bodies curled around him.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.1965.513
Title
Stater of Kroton
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
405 - 404 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Bruttium, Kroton (Bruttium)
Period
Classical period, Late
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/189345

Location

Location
Level 3, Room 3400, Ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Art, Ancient Greece in Black and Orange
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
7.48 g
Die Axis
8
Denomination
stater

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Robinson coll.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
HN3, 2157

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
1.1965.513
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Laureate head of Apollo r.
Rev.: infant Herakles strangling serpents

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 3400 Greek, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 01/01/2050

Subjects and Contexts

  • Ancient Coins

Verification Level

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