2003.21: Litra of Selinous, Countermarked
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2003.21
- Title
- Litra of Selinous, Countermarked
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 415 BCE-409 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Selinous (Sicily)
- Period
- Classical period, High
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/94219
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 0.76 g
- Die Axis
- 10
- Denomination
- litra
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
-
Ex Triton III, 30 November-01 December 1999, lot 252
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Berend, pp. 15-16, pl. 2, 27.
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
- 2003.21
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obv.: Nymph Eurymedusa reaching to l. holding serpent; above, in field, selinous leaf. Circle of dots.
Rev.: Man-headded bull standing to r. on exergue line . In exergue, fish; above S[ELINO]ES. Countermark: female head to r.
Verification Level
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