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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.350.48
Title
Coin of Messene
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
150-100 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Messenia, Messene (Messenia)
Period
Hellenistic period, Late
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/168074

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
5.35 g
Die Axis
1
Denomination
hemiobol
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Reverse Inscription: ΔΙΩΝ

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
SNG Cop 516; cf. BCD Pelop 733-5

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of H. Bartlett Wells, Class of 1929
Accession Year
1985
Object Number
1985.350.48
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Diademed head of Demeter to l. with border of dots

Reverse: Zeus standing r. and hurling thunderbolt with r. hand and with eagle perching with spread wings on back of left wrist; in field to l. ME above tripod; outer right, vertically ΔΙΩΝ; inner right, wreath.

Verification Level

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