1985.350.88: Coin of Tegea
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1985.350.88
- Title
- Coin of Tegea
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 225-175 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Tegea (Arkadia)
- Period
- Hellenistic period, Middle
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/168229
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 2.60 g
- Die Axis
- 10
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- Reverse Inscription: illegibile but expect ΤΕΓΕΑ to l.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- BMC 17
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
- 1985.350.88
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obverse: Wreathed head of Eileithuia to l., should be torch over her shoulder
Reverse: Athena standing r. presenting smaller Sterope, on the r. standing l., with vase containing head/hair of Medusa
Verification Level
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