1.1965.357: Stater of Metapontion, Lucania
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.357
- Title
- Stater of Metapontion, Lucania
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 500 BCE-465 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Lucania, Metapontion (Lucania)
- Period
- Archaic period, Late, to Early Classical
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/196703
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 7.78 g
- Die Axis
- 12
- Denomination
- stater
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- inscription: obverse: META
- Obverse Inscription: META
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Acq. Schulman, 1940
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Noe 207, HN3 1482
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from the Trustees of the Arthur Stone Dewing Greek Numismatic Foundation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.357
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obverse: Ear of barley
Reverse: Ear of barley, incuse
Verification Level
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