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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.1965.109
Title
Didrachm of Phistelia
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
405 BCE-400 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Phistelia (Campania)
Period
Classical period, Late
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/197528

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
7.28 g
Die Axis
12
Denomination
didrachm
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: reverse: PHISTLUIS (transliterated)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Jules Norman, (by 1910), sold; [through Bourgey, “Norman sale,” April 14-15, 1910, lot 13]. Vicomte Baudouin de Jonghe [1]; V. J. E. Ryan [2], London (by 1947), sold; [through Glendining, London, “Ryan sale,” November 24, 1950, lot 1391]; [through Spink, London] to Arthur Stone Dewing [3], Cambridge, MA (from 1950), lent; to Fogg Art Museum (from 1965)
1. Vicomte Baudoin de Jonghe (1842-1925). According to the 1950 sale catalogue.
2. Valentine John Eustace Ryan (1882-1947)
3. Arthur Stone Dewing (1880-1971)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Rutter 4

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
1.1965.109
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Head of Nymph, frontal; Rev.: Man-faced bull walking l.; in exergue, dolphin, l.; inscription above

Verification Level

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