1.1965.553: Didrachm of Akragas
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.553
- Title
- Didrachm of Akragas
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 483 BCE-472 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Akragas (Sicily)
- Period
- Archaic period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/189564
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 8.73 g
- Die Axis
- 4
- Denomination
- didrachm
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Robinson coll. J. Hirsch 34, 5 May 1914 (Gutekunst), 117
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Jenkins Group IV; Westermark 279:3
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
- 1.1965.553
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obv.: AKRA Eagle standing l.
Rev.: Crab of softer style in circular incuse; below, GAS.
Verification Level
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