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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.1965.1893
Title
Stater of Elis or Olympia
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
323-271 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Elis, Elis
Period
Hellenistic period, Early
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/187360

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
11.89 g
Die Axis
12
Denomination
stater

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Egger 40, 2 May 1912 (Prowe), 1118.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Seltman 212 (this coin)

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
1.1965.1893
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv. Laureate head of Zeus.
Rev. FA Eagle r.; in field, snake, thunderbolt and eta.

Verification Level

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