2010.546: Tetradrachm of Barke, Kyrenaika, from the Asyut Hoard 1969
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2010.546
- Title
- Tetradrachm of Barke, Kyrenaika, from the Asyut Hoard 1969
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 500-480 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa, Cyrenaica
- Period
- Archaic period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/337124
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 17.17g
- Die Axis
- 9
- Denomination
- tetradrachm
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- Obverse Inscription: Traces of BAR KA
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- 1969, Asyut Hoard. [Harlan Berke, Chicago, IL, ?-2010] sold; to The Harvard Art Museums.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Asyut .854
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Mary S. Watkins in memory of her brother Frederick W. Watkins, by exchange
- Accession Year
- 2010
- Object Number
- 2010.546
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obv.: Silphium plant with two pairs of leaves and crowned by umbel; traces of legend BAR KA.
Rev.: Silphium fruit flanked by two dolphins within incuse square.
Verification Level
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