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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1997.260.209
People
Metrodoros Menekleos
Title
Coin of Patrai under Metrodoros Menekleos
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
45-40 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Patrai (Achaia)
Period
Hellenistic period, Late
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/212762

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
5.38 g
Die Axis
8
Denomination
hemiobol
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Reverse Inscription: ΜΗΤΡΟΔWΡΟΣ ΜΕΝΕΚΛΕΟΣ ΠΑΤΡΕWΝ (sigmas are lunate)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Gift of Richard Wells

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
BCD Pelop 509

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Estate of H. Bartlett Wells
Accession Year
1997
Object Number
1997.260.209
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Head of Herakles bound with taenia, r. with border of dots

Reverse: Athena striding right holding shield and spear. (owl standing to her right and monogram of Patrai to left?)

Verification Level

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