2008.52: Siglos of the Achaemenid kings
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2008.52
- People
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Achaemenid Kings (r. c. 522-330 BCE)
- Title
- Siglos of the Achaemenid kings
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 450 BCE - 330 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Persia
- Period
- Achaemenid period
- Culture
- Persian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/327477
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 4.86 g
- Denomination
- siglos
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- countermark: multiple small countermarks
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- The donor, Robert J.Myers acquired this group of sigloi between 1968 and 1971 from a hoard of about 1,500. Find spot unknown. (Sigloi are often found in hoards of 10,000 or more).
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Robert J. Myers
- Accession Year
- 2008
- Object Number
- 2008.52
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: King running to r., kneeling carrying bow and spear
Rev.: Oblong incuse punch
Verification Level
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