2004.66: Didrachm of Segesta
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2004.66
- Title
- Didrachm of Segesta
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- c. 415 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Segesta (Sicily)
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/51100
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 8.21 g
- Die Axis
- 7
- Denomination
- didrachm
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- From the Athos Moretti Collection, Bellinzona, CH, ex FPL L. de Nicola, Rome June 1961. Most lokely from the Ognina hoard 1923 (IGCH 2120)
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- dies of SNGANS 640
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Silvia Hurter
- Accession Year
- 2004
- Object Number
- 2004.66
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obv.: dog walking to right, on exergue line, right forepaw raised, head lowered towards the ground. Above the symbol has been erased from the coin (not the die). Circle of dots.
Rev.: head of Aigesta to right, in incuse circle.
Verification Level
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