1996.232: Drachm(?) of Larissa
Coins
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1996.232
- Title
- Drachm(?) of Larissa
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 400 BCE-344 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Larissa (Thessaly)
- Period
- Classical period, Late
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/195867
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 6.06 g
- Denomination
- drachm
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- Reverse Inscription: LARISAION
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- BCD, Triton XV, 319
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Jonathan H. Kagan
- Accession Year
- 1996
- Object Number
- 1996.232
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obverse: Head of nymph Larissa facing three-quarters l.
Reverse: Horse crouching r.
Verification Level
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