1.1965.1545: Diobol of Eretria
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.1545
- Title
- Diobol of Eretria
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 500 BCE - 465 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Euboia, Eretria (Euboia)
- Period
- Archaic period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/170949
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 1.33 g
- Die Axis
- 10
- Denomination
- diobol
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Glendining, 10 October 1951 (Abbott), 232
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- BCD, Lanz 111, 321
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
- 1.1965.1545
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obverse: Cow scratching itself l.
Reverse: Octopus in incuse square.
Verification Level
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