1.1965.1895: Stater of Elis
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.1895
- Title
- Stater of Elis
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 360-340 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Elis, Elis
- Period
- Classical period, Late, to Early Hellenistic
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/170447
Location
- Location
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Level 3, Room 3400, Ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Art, Ancient Greece in Black and Orange
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 12.01 g
- Die Axis
- 4
- Denomination
- stater
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- Reverse Inscription: F A ; A/ PI
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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H. A. Green (by 1895), sold; [through Sotheby, London, “H. A. Green sale,” April 8, 1895, lot 101]; to Robert Jameson [1], Paris (1895-1942); [Jacob Hirsch], sold; to Arthur Stone Dewing [2], Cambridge, MA (from 1950), lent; to Fogg Art Museum (from 1965)
1. Robert Jameson (1861-1942)
2. Arthur Stone Dewing (1880-1971). Bought on December 4, 1950 according to Dewing’s inventory card.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Seltman 219 (this coin)
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
- 1.1965.1895
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obverse: Laureate head of Zeus bearded to r.
Reverse: Eagle standing on rock to r.; in field l. a wreath, r. a thunderbolt
Exhibition History
- 32Q: 3400 Greek, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 01/01/2050
Subjects and Contexts
- Ancient Coins
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Verification Level
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