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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1979.428.303
Title
Twelfth-Stater of Poseidonia, Lucania
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
early 5th century BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Lucania, Poseidonia (Lucania)
Period
Classical period, Early
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/180415

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
0.32 g
Die Axis
3
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: reverse: ΠΟΣ
  • Reverse Inscription: ΠΟΣ

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
SNG ANS 635-40

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Unspecified Collection
Accession Year
1979
Object Number
1979.428.303
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Poseidon striding r., hurling trident, in chlamys.
Reverse: bull walking r.

Verification Level

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