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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2005.115.56
People
Artaxerxes II (r. 404 - 358 BCE)
Title
Persian Siglos
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
404 - 358 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Persia
Period
Achaemenid period
Culture
Persian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/20761

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
5.54 g
Die Axis
3
Denomination
siglos

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Collection of Margarete Bieber: bought in February 1973 from Paul Rynearson, Malibu, CA

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
2005.115.56
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Great King running r. holding bow in extended r. hand and spear in l.
Rev.: Incuse punch and countermark

Verification Level

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