1.1965.2523: Half Stater of King Pumiathon, Kition
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.2523
- People
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Pumiathon, Cypriote (r. 361 - 312 BCE)
- Title
- Half Stater of King Pumiathon, Kition
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 316-315 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Kition (Cyprus)
- Period
- Classical period, Late, to Early Hellenistic
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/148545
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Gold
- Metal
- AV
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 4.16 g
- Die Axis
- 3
- Denomination
- half stater
- Date on Object
- Year 46
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Reverse Inscription: L MLK PMTJN = of King Pumyyaton in Phoenician letters}
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Glendining, 29 Aoril 1954 lot 4
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Markou 175, D34 R52
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from the Trustees of the Arthur Stone Dewing Greek Numismatic Foundation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.2523
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obverse: Herakles bearded, naked, lion's skin over his left arm, striding r., holding bow in r. hand and brandishing club in his raised l. Ankh in field r. Border of dots.
Reverse lion attacking wounded stag to r. Square border of dots.
Verification Level
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