2005.115.18: Coin of Athens
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2005.115.18
- Title
- Coin of Athens
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 87/6 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Athens (Attica)
- Period
- Hellenistic period, Late
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/20835
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 8.96 g
- Die Axis
- 12
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Collection of Margarete Bieber bought from Stirckhausen in 1967
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Agora XXVI 97
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
- 2005.115.18
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obv.: Head of Athena in Corinthian helmet with a large crest
Rev.: Zeus striding to r. , naked, bearded, with long hair, hurling thunderbolt in r. arm, l. arm stretched forward; to r. star between crescents.
Verification Level
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