1.1965.1409: Drachm of the Magnetes of Thessaly
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.1409
- People
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The Magnetes
- Title
- Drachm of the Magnetes of Thessaly
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 196 BCE-146 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Thessaly
- Period
- Hellenistic period, Middle
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/170855
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 4.05 g
- Die Axis
- 2
- Denomination
- drachm
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- Reverse Inscription: MAGNETON
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Baranowsky, 21 February 1931, 513 = Ratto, 4 April 1927, 1020
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- BCD, Triton XV, 415.2; SNGCop 153
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
- 1.1965.1409
- 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 r.; to l., monogram
Reverse: Artemis seated l. on prow of galley; to l., star and dolphin; to r., monogram
Verification Level
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