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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2008.115.20
People
Agathokles of Syracuse, Greek (r. 317-289 BCE)
Title
Twenty-Five Litrae of Agathokles
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
310 BCE-305 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Syracuse (Sicily)
Period
Classical period, Late, to Early Hellenistic
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/191686

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Electrum
Metal
EL
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
3.61 g
Die Axis
3
Denomination
twenty-five litrae

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Baldwin sale.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Jenkins O 13

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
2008.115.20
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Laureate head of Apollo l.; to r., pilos.
Rev.: SYRAKOSIWN Tripod-lebes; ground line. Linear border.

Verification Level

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