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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1979.429.8
Title
25-Litrae Coin of Syracuse, forgery
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
310-305 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Syracuse (Sicily)
Period
Hellenistic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/180272

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Electrum
Metal
EL
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
3.62 g
Die Axis
9
Denomination
twenty-five litrae

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Cf. ANS SNG no. 627-8

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Unspecified Collection
Accession Year
1979
Object Number
1979.429.8
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Head of Apollo l., laureate; at r., part of bucranium (part off-flan)?
Rev.: Tripod.

Verification Level

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