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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2008.115.8
Title
Coin of Metapontion, Lucania
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
300-250 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Lucania, Metapontion (Lucania)
Period
Classical period, Late, to Early Hellenistic
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/191814

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
3.16 g
Die Axis
3
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: reverse: META
  • Reverse Inscription: META

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
HN3, 1683; KME 47; SNG ANS 593

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University
Accession Year
2008
Object Number
2008.115.8
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Head of Dionysos wearing ivy wreath l.
Rev.: Ear of barley; cross-torch r.
Obverse: Head of Dionysus wearing ivy-wreath to l.
Reverse: META; Ear of barley with leaf; cross-torch at l.

Verification Level

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