1982.99.182: Coin of Poseidonia, Lucania
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1982.99.182
- Title
- Coin of Poseidonia, Lucania
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- before 390 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Lucania, Poseidonia (Lucania)
- Period
- Classical period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/172801
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 2.7 g
- Die Axis
- 5
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- inscription: reverse: ΠΟΣΕΙ
- Reverse Inscription: ΠΟΣΕΙ
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- SNG ANS 713; D.S. 1317; Evelpidis 244
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
- 1982.99.182
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obverse: bull butting r.; caduceus above
Reverse: Poseidon striding r., wielding trident, in chlamys
Verification Level
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