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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1977.216.3445.20
Title
Coin of Poseidonia, Lucania
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
c. 390 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Lucania, Poseidonia (Lucania)
Period
Classical period, Late
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/194445

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
2.65 g
Die Axis
6

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
SNG ANS 711

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Bequest of Henry W. Haynes, 1912
Accession Year
1977
Object Number
1977.216.3445.20
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Poseidon in chlamys hurling trident, r.
Reverse: Bull walking r. on ground line; 8-pointed star countermark on center

Verification Level

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