2005.115.56: Persian Siglos
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2005.115.56
- People
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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
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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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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