2014.299: 60 litrai coin of Syracuse under Hiketas

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2014.299

People

Hiketas, Greek (r. 288-278 BCE)

Title

60 litrai coin of Syracuse under Hiketas

Classification

Coins

Work Type

coin

Date

287 - 278 BCE

Places

Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Syracuse (Sicily)

Period

Hellenistic period, Middle

Culture

Greek

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/351882

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Gold

Metal

AV

Technique

Struck

Dimensions

4.27 g

Die Axis

12

Denomination

decadrachm

Inscriptions and Marks

• countermark: Minor die flaws and a little die rust on obverse, double struck on reverse.
• Obverse Inscription: ΣΥΠΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ
• Reverse Inscription: ΕΠΙ ΙΚΕΤΑΣ

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Robert Jameson (Paris). [Jakob Hirsch XIV, Munich, 27 November 1905), lot 234]. [Stack's, New York, 22 February 1989), lot 3]. Robert O. Ebert, North Carolina, (by 2009). [Gemini Numismatic Auctions V, 6 January 2009, lot 481]. through [CNG Auction 79, Lancaster, PA, 17 September 2014), lot 48], sold; [through B. & H. Kreindler Ancient Coinage, Melville, NY]; to the Harvard Art Museums.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

Buttrey, Morgantina II, 3 D j

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, J.P. Engelcke Coin Purchase Fund

Accession Year

2014

Object Number

2014.299

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Obv.: head of Persephone left, wearing wreath of grain ears, single-pendant earring, and pearl necklace, torch to right.
Reverse: Nike driving biga right; above partially eclipsed moon?, dot in a circle below.

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