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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1982.99.183
Title
Coin of Paestum, Lucania
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
mid 3rd century BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Paestum (Lucania)
Period
Hellenistic period
Culture
Hellenistic
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/172921

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
6.21 g
Die Axis
3
Denomination
uncia
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: reverse: ΠΑΙΣΤΑΝΟ
  • Reverse Inscription: ΠΑΙΣΤΑΝΟ

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
D.S. 1324-6; SNG ANS 722-6; Evelpidis 247-8; HN3 1184; Crawford 3a

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
1982.99.183
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Head of Poseidon, r., laureate.
Rev.: Eros riding on a dolphin, to l.

Verification Level

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