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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.21.40
Title
Coin of Pharsalos
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
400 BCE-344 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Pharsalos (Thessaly)
Period
Classical period, Late
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/174885

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
3.16 g
Die Axis
3
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Reverse Inscription: PHARS

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
cf. Rogers 470; SNGCop 226; BCD, Triton XV, 667.1

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of H. Bartlett Wells, Class of 1929
Accession Year
1985
Object Number
1985.21.40
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Head of Athena r. in Corinthian helmet decorated with hippocamp?
Reverse: Thessalian horseman r.; S to r.

Verification Level

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