1.1965.85: Didrachm of Cumae
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.85
- Title
- Didrachm of Cumae
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 420 BCE-380 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Cumae (Campania)
- Period
- Classical period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/197588
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 7.45 g
- Die Axis
- 5
- Denomination
- didrachm
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
-
Luigi Matteotti di Sassuolo, (by 1908) sold; [through Ratto, Genova, “Sassuolo sale,” November 5, 1908, lot 103]. [Naville, Geneva, “Ars Classica V sale,” June 18, 1923, lot 152]. [Ratto, Lugano, “Riche collection sale,” January 25-26, 1926, lot 206]. [Baranowsky, Milan, “Traverso and Martini sale,” February 25, 1931, lot 123]; to Arthur Stone Dewing [1], Cambridge, MA (from 1931), lent; to Fogg Art Museum (from 1965)
1. Arthur Stone Dewing (1880-1971)
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Rutter 113; Historia Numorum (3rd ed., 2001) 532
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
- 1.1965.85
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obv.: Head of female, r.
Rev.: KVMAION Mussell shell w/ barley-corn above
Verification Level
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