Stater of Miletus | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1.1965.2287
Title: Stater of Miletus
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 600 - 550 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Miletos (Ionia)
Period: Archaic period
Culture: Greek
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/169808

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Electrum
Metal: EL
Technique: Struck
Dimensions: 14.03 g
Denomination: stater

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: from the R. Jameson Collection n.2587: bought by A.S. Dewing on Feb.7, 1929 from Jacob Hirsch, New York.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: cf. Weidauer 126-127

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: 1.1965.2287
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obverse: Lion reclining left, head turned back, all within rectangular frame
Reverse: Oblong incuse with for running flanked by two smaller incuse squares

Exhibition History

32Q: 3440 Middle East, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 11/16/2016

Verification Level

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1.1965.2287: Stater of Miletus