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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2003.23
Title
Drachm of Selinous
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
470-460 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Selinous (Sicily)
Period
Archaic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/94203

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
4.29 g
Die Axis
2
Denomination
drachm
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Reverse Inscription: SELINONTION

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Athos Moretti Coll., Bellinzona

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Carbe, RIN 1986

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Roy W. Lennox
Accession Year
2003
Object Number
2003.23
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: selinon leaf
Rev.: selinon leaf in incuse circle; a pellet in front of the sigma of the inscription (mark of value?)

Publication History

  • Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums Annual Report 2002-2003 (Cambridge, MA, 2004), p. 14.

Verification Level

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