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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2008.115.1
Title
Didrachm of Cales
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
270-260 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Cales (Campania)
Period
Hellenistic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/192026

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
7.01 g
Die Axis
6
Denomination
didrachm

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Glendining, London, December 1, 1927, lot 498]. E.A. Sydenham [1], West Molesey, UK; [Balwin, London], (by 1952), sold; to The Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University (1952-2008), transfer; to the Harvard University Art Museums (2008).
1. According to an unpublished catalogue of the 60 coins purchased from Baldwin and Sons in 1952, this coin was formerly in the Sydenham collection. Edward Allen Sydenham ( -1948)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
HN3, 434

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
2008.115.1
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Head of Minerva wearing Corinthian helmet; to l.; behind neck: club.
Reverse: CALENO; Victory in biga to l. holding whip

Verification Level

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