2005.115.34: Coin of Amisos, Pontos
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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
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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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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