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 an ornate crested helmet decorated with an olive wreath. The other side of the coin depicts a bull facing right, head lowered, left front leg stretched forward, right leg lifted and bent towards body. Below, a fish facing right. Above, Greek characters.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1972.178
Title
Stater of Thurioi
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
443 - 420 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Lucania, Thourioi (Lucania)
Period
Classical period, High
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/196415

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
7.71 g
Die Axis
12
Denomination
stater

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
cf. HN3, 1757

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Frederick M. Watkins
Accession Year
1972
Object Number
1972.178
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Head of Athena wearing Attic helmet decorated with an olive wreath to r..
Reverse: Butting bull to r.; in exergue fish

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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