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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.1965.72
Title
Twenty-five asses of Populonia (Etruria)
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
220 - 200 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Populonia (Etruria)
Period
Hellenistic period
Culture
Etruscan
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/197520

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gold
Metal
AV
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
1.39 g
Die Axis
not assignable
Denomination
twenty-five litrae
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: obverse: LCC

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Probably from the Campiglia Marittime hoard 1932 (IGCH 1943)??

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
HN3 128; Vecchi I, 47.8 (this coin)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from the Trustees of the Arthur Stone Dewing Greek Numismatic Foundation
Object Number
1.1965.72
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Lion's head r. with open jaws and protruding tongue; to l. and below, VXX
Rev.: Blank

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 3440 Middle East, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 11/16/2016
  • 32Q: 2540 Renaissance, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/18/2018 - 11/15/2018

Verification Level

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