2005.115.29: Coin of Kos, island off Caria
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2005.115.29
- Title
- Coin of Kos, island off Caria
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 300 - 190 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Kos
- Period
- Hellenistic period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/20724
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 2.03 g
- Die Axis
- 12
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Collection of Margarete Bieber: bought March 1973 from Schulman NY
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- BMC 86
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
- 2005.115.29
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: Head of Herakles unbearded to l.
Rev.: Crab; magistrate name?
Verification Level
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