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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1997.260.148
Title
Coin of Trikka
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
400 BCE-344 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Trikka (Thessaly)
Period
Classical period, Late
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/212821

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
7.12 g
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Reverse Inscription: TRIKKAION; A

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Gift of Richard Wells

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Rogers 557; BCD, Triton XV, 792.1

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
1997.260.148
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Head of nymph Trikka r.
Reverse: Asklepios seated on stool r., staff over l. shoulder, feeding bird to serpent with r. hand.

Verification Level

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