Didrachm of Cumae | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1.1965.85
Title: Didrachm of Cumae
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 420 BCE-380 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Cumae (Campania)
Period: Classical period
Culture: Greek
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/197588

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Silver
Metal: AR
Technique: Struck
Dimensions: 7.45 g
Die Axis: 5
Denomination: didrachm

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Luigi Matteotti di Sassuolo, (by 1908) sold; [through Ratto, Genova, “Sassuolo sale,” November 5, 1908, lot 103]. [Naville, Geneva, “Ars Classica V sale,” June 18, 1923, lot 152]. [Ratto, Lugano, “Riche collection sale,” January 25-26, 1926, lot 206]. [Baranowsky, Milan, “Traverso and Martini sale,” February 25, 1931, lot 123]; to Arthur Stone Dewing [1], Cambridge, MA (from 1931), lent; to Fogg Art Museum (from 1965)
1. Arthur Stone Dewing (1880-1971)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: Rutter 113; Historia Numorum (3rd ed., 2001) 532

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: 1.1965.85
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obv.: Head of female, r.
Rev.: KVMAION Mussell shell w/ barley-corn above

Verification Level

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1.1965.85: Didrachm of Cumae