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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2008.115.77
People
Achaemenid Kings (r. c. 522-330 BCE)
Title
Siglos of the Achaemenid Empire
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
499 BCE-333 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Persia
Period
Classical period
Culture
Persian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/186535

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
5.43 g
Denomination
siglos

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Baldwin sale

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University
Accession Year
2008
Object Number
2008.115.77
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
obverse: King of Persia in kneeling-running attitude, holding bow and spear.
reverse: Oblong incuse.

Verification Level

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