2008.115.10: Drachm of Velia
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2008.115.10
- Title
- Drachm of Velia
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 540 BCE-500 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Lucania, Velia/Hyele/Elea (Lucania)
- Period
- Archaic period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/191688
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 3.79 g
- Denomination
- drachm
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Baldwin Sale. Ex coll. Cunningham.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- HN3 1259; Williams 1-15
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
- 2008.115.10
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obverse: Forepart of lion devouring prey.
Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square.
Verification Level
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