1.1965.572: Hemilitron of Akragas
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.572
- Title
- Hemilitron of Akragas
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 410 BCE-406 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Akragas (Sicily)
- Period
- Classical period, High
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/189777
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 21.37 g
- Die Axis
- 6
- Denomination
- hemilitron
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Acq. Baldwin, 1958
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- W. pp.3-22
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
- 1.1965.572
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obv.: [AKRAPANTINON] Eagle with open wings, standing on mullet.
Rev.: Crab holding snake in l. claw, below, octopus and murex; around, only five of six pellets visible.
Verification Level
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