Stater of Thurioi, Lucania | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1.1965.448
Title: Stater of Thurioi, Lucania
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 350-300 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Lucania, Thourioi (Lucania)
Period: Classical period, Late, to Early Hellenistic
Culture: Greek
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/189292

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver

Metal

AR

Technique

Struck

Dimensions

7.76 g

Die Axis

6

Denomination

stater

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: reverse: ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ / ΕΥΦΑ
Reverse Inscription: ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ / ΕΥΦΑ

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Helbing, 31 Jan . 1930, 58

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: HN3 1825; SNG Oxford 969-70

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: 1.1965.448
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obverse: Head of Athena r. wearing Attic helmet adorned with winged griffin.
Reverse: bull butting r.; above, ΕΥΦΑ; in exergue, ribboned thyrsus.

Verification Level

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1.1965.448: Stater of Thurioi, Lucania