Stater of Thurioi, Lucania | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1.1965.449
Title: Stater of Thurioi, Lucania
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 280-270 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/189634

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver

Metal

AR

Technique

Struck

Dimensions

6.28 g

Die Axis

5

Denomination

stater

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: reverse (faint): ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ
Reverse Inscription: ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Acq. Ravel, 1929

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: HN3 1891; McClean 1317-18

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: 1.1965.449
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obverse: Head of Athena r. wearing crested Attic helmet adorned with wreath.
Reverse: bull butting r.; in exergue, owl with open wings between A and PI.

Verification Level

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1.1965.449: Stater of Thurioi, Lucania