1.1965.1218: Tetrobol of Bottiaea
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.1218
- Title
- Tetrobol of Bottiaea
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 196 BCE-168 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Macedonia, Bottiaia (Macedonia)
- Period
- Hellenistic period, Middle
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/187511
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 1.89 g
- Die Axis
- 12
- Denomination
- tetrobol
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- Reverse Inscription: BOTTEATWN
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Ars Classical 13, 27 June 1928, 572
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- cf. SNGAshmolean (5) 3289
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
- 1.1965.1218
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obverse: Macedonian shield; in center, crescent-rayed ornament with five crescents.
Reverse: BOTTEATWN on stern of ship r.; above, tripod.
Verification Level
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