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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2005.115.34
Title
Coin of Amisos, Pontos
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
120 - 63 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Amisos (Pontus)
Period
Hellenistic period, Late
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/20706

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
17.37 g

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Collection of Margarete Bieber, Bought in 1973 from C.L. Deland, Forth Worth

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Rec.Gen. p.63 n.17; SNG von Aulock 63

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Celia and Walter Gilbert, Claude-Claire Grenier, and the Marian H. Phinney Fund
Accession Year
2005
Object Number
2005.115.34
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Head of Athena wearing triple crested Attic helmet imitating the Athenian "New Style” decorated with Pegasos and quadriga r.
Reverse: Perseus standing facing wearing mitra on his head. chlamys on his shoulders, holding harpe in r. hand and head of Medusa in l.

Verification Level

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