1972.149: Stater of Metapontion, Lucania
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1972.149
- Title
- Stater of Metapontion, Lucania
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- c. 425 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Lucania, Metapontion (Lucania)
- Period
- Classical period, High
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/194019
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 7.32 g
- Die Axis
- 12
- Denomination
- stater
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- inscription: reverse: META
- Reverse Inscription: META
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Noe 367, HN3 1507
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Frederick M. Watkins
- Accession Year
- 1972
- Object Number
- 1972.149
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obverse: Head of woman with fillet (Demeter or Kore) r.
Reverse: Ear of barley
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
Verification Level
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