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 the head of a woman facing right, wearing a necklace, five pendant earring, hair tied up in a laurel wreath. The other side of the coin depicts a man moving to the left, right arm raised above head holding a club, bow and quiver in left hand, lion's skin wrapped around arm, attacking small birds. Along left side border are the Greek characters: ΣΤΥΜΦΑΛΙΩΝ. Between the man's legs, the Greek characters: ΣΟ.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1972.150
Title
Stater of Stymphalos
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
362-350 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Arkadia, Stymphalos (Arkadia)
Period
Classical period, Late
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/193672

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
11.55 g
Die Axis
6
Denomination
stater
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Reverse Inscription: ΣΤΥΜΦΑΛΙΩΝ to l. and ΣΟ between legs

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
cf. BCD Pelop 1704-5

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Frederick M. Watkins
Accession Year
1972
Object Number
1972.150
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Head of Artemis Stymphalia, laureate and wearing earrings with five pendants.

Rev.: Herakles striding to l., striking with his club in the r. hand; bow and quiver in l. hand and lion's skin wrapped around the arm, killimg the Stymphalian birds.

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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