1982.99.187: Quadrans of Poseidonia, Lucania
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1982.99.187
- Title
- Quadrans of Poseidonia, Lucania
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 218-201 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Paestum (Lucania)
- Period
- Hellenistic period
- Culture
- Hellenistic
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/173042
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 2.04 g
- Die Axis
- 9
- Denomination
- quadrans
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- inscription: reverse: ΠΑΙΣ
- Reverse Inscription: ΠΑΙΣ
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- SNG ANS 745-6; HN3 1206
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
- 1982.99.187
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obverse: Head of Poseidon, r.; to l., three pellets.
Reverse: Dolphin, r.; above, three pellets; below, a club.
Verification Level
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