Hemidrachm of the Island of Samothrake

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1.1965.1310
Title: Hemidrachm of the Island of Samothrake
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: c. 475 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Samothrake (Aegean Islands)
Period: Classical period, Early
Culture: Greek
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/185813

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Silver
Metal: AR
Technique: Struck
Dimensions: 2.24 g
Die Axis: 6
Denomination: hemidrachm

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: From the Kiourpet 1930 hoard (IGCH 696)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: IGCH 696; Schwabacher 9

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from the Trustees of the Arthur Stone Dewing Greek Numismatic Foundation
Object Number: 1.1965.1310
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obv.: Sphinx sitting on exergue line to l. with r. paw raised; round wings, no feathers rendered. Circle of dots.
Rev.: Lion's head to l. within quadripartite incuse square with a pearled border.

Verification Level

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1.1965.1310: Hemidrachm of the Island of Samothrake