2011.1.22: Persian siglos
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2011.1.22
- Title
- Persian siglos
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 400 - 300 BCE
- Period
- Achaemenid period
- Culture
- Persian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/336405
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 5.39g
- Die Axis
- 12
- Denomination
- siglos
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
-
Jane Ayer Scott, Newton MA (by 2008), by inheritance; to her husband Wellington F. Scott III, (2008-2010), gift; to The Harvard Art Museums, 2010.
There is no further information available about where Jane Scott purchased the coin. Persian sigloi were minted mainly in Sardis (modern Turkey) and circulated all over ancient Asia Minor from Turkey, to Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Iraq and furrther.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Wellington F. Scott III in memory of Jane Ayer Scott
- Accession Year
- 2011
- Object Number
- 2011.1.22
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obv.: Archer with bow and dagger running to r.; two small countermarks.
Rev.: incuse punch
Verification Level
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