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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1982.99.172
Title
Coin of Metapontion, Lucania
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
late 3rd century BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Lucania, Metapontion (Lucania)
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/173798

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
2.1 g
Die Axis
3
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: reverse: META
  • Reverse Inscription: META

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
KME 68c; HN 1704

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
1982.99.172
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Athena Alkidemos l.
Reverse: owl with closed wings l., head of barley to l.

Verification Level

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