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Both sides of an irregularly shaped bronze gold colored coin with relief decoration on each side.

Within the circle on the left is the profile of a naked man facing right, kneeling on one knee. In his left hand is a bow. His right arm is bent and raised above his head holding a club. Behind on the left is a large fish facing up. The circle on the right depicts four imprinted squares, side by side and one on top of the other.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1972.97
Title
Stater of Kyzikos
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
500 BCE-450 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Kyzikos (Mysia)
Period
Classical period, Early
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/195291

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
Electrum
Metal
EL
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
16 g
Denomination
stater

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Frederick M. Watkins
Accession Year
1972
Object Number
1972.97
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Herakles kneeling shootingn bow; tunny;
Reverse: Four part incuse square

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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