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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2008.115.24
Title
Twelve Litrae of Syracuse (The Democracy)
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
214-212 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Syracuse (Sicily)
Period
Hellenistic period, Middle
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/191689

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
9.53 g
Die Axis
4
Denomination
twelve litrae

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Baldwin sale

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
2008.115.24
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
obverse: head of Athena wearing helmet decorated with Pegasus.
reverse: SYRAKOSION, Artemis with hound and bow shooting; to l., YA/SL.

Verification Level

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