1.1965.1882: Stater of Elis

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1.1965.1882

Title

Stater of Elis

Classification

Coins

Work Type

coin

Date

365-323 BCE

Places

Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Elis, Elis

Period

Classical period, Late

Culture

Greek

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/170765

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver

Metal

AR

Technique

Struck

Dimensions

12.07 g

Die Axis

6

Denomination

stater

Inscriptions and Marks

• Obverse Inscription: FΑΛΕΙΩΝ
• Reverse Inscription: F

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Hirsch, Munich, “sale XVI,” December 6, 1906, lot 585]. Wilhelm Froehner [1], Paris, sold; [through Ratto, Genoa, April 29, 1909, lot 2981]. [Frey, Freiburg im Breisgau, April 15, 1955, lot 1115], sold; to Arthur Stone Dewing [2], Cambridge, MA (from 1955), lent; to Fogg Art Museum (from 1965)
1. Wilhelm Froehner (1834-1925)
2. Arthur Stone Dewing (1880-1971). Bid by Cahn of Münzen und Medaillen, Basel, according to Dewing’s inventory card.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

Seltman 345

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

1.1965.1882

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Obverse: Head of Hera to r., wearing stephane. Inscription on stephane.

Reverse: Eagle standing l. with head r., wings unfurling; within wreath. F to l.

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