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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1974.27.440
Title
Coin of Cherronesus
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
5th-4th century BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Cherronesos (Cimmerian Bosporus)
Period
Classical period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/181181

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
5.58 g
Die Axis
9

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
BMC (Thrace) p. 2 no. 6

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, A Gift to the Museum from Arthur W. Arundel through the Harvard Fund Council, Class of 1951
Accession Year
1974
Object Number
1974.27.440
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Artemis, clad in short chiton and endromides, kneeling r. on r. knee and holding in r. hand an arrow and in l. hand a strung bow.
Rev.: Griffin running l.

Verification Level

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