1982.99.210: Coin of Velia, Lucania
Coins
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1982.99.210
- Title
- Coin of Velia, Lucania
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 4th-mid 2nd century BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Lucania, Velia/Hyele/Elea (Lucania)
- Period
- Classical period, Late, to Hellenistic
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/172762
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 1.59 g
- Die Axis
- 12
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- HN3 1327; McClean 1487
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of H. Bartlett Wells, Class of 1929
- Accession Year
- 1982
- Object Number
- 1982.99.210
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obverse: Laureate head of Zeus r.
Reverse: Owl facing, wings open.
Verification Level
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