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 left, bearded, long curl tendrils of hair held in place with a laurel crown. The other side of the coin depicts a nude man seated on a rock covered by his cape facing left, head turned slightly right, holding a stick in his right hand, left hand resting on rock. Below, a flute made from reeds. To the right, the Greek characters: Ο Λ Υ Μ. Along the left border, the Greek characters: A P K.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1972.147
People
Arcadian League
Title
Stater of the Arcadian League, Megalopolis
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
363-362 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Arkadia, Megalopolis (Arkadia)
Period
Classical period, Late
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/193671

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
12.29 g
Die Axis
10
Denomination
stater
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Reverse Inscription: ΟΛΥΜ

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
cf. BCD Pelop 1512

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Frederick M. Watkins
Accession Year
1972
Object Number
1972.147
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Laureate head of Zeus Lykaios to l.

Reverse: Pan, nude, seated to l. on rock covered with mantle and holding lagobolon in r. hand and resting l. on rock. Syrinx resting against rock and inscription on rock. To l., AΡΚ monogram.

Publication History

  • The Frederick M. Watkins Collection, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1973)

Exhibition History

  • The Frederick M. Watkins Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 01/31/1973 - 03/14/1973
  • 32Q: 3400 Greek, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 01/01/2050

Subjects and Contexts

  • Ancient Coins

Verification Level

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