Coin of Amisos, Pontos | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2005.115.34
Title: Coin of Amisos, Pontos
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 120 - 63 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Amisos (Pontus)
Period: Hellenistic period, Late
Culture: Greek
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/20706

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Bronze
Metal: AE
Technique: Struck
Dimensions: 17.37 g

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Collection of Margarete Bieber, Bought in 1973 from C.L. Deland, Forth Worth

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: Rec.Gen. p.63 n.17; SNG von Aulock 63

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Celia and Walter Gilbert, Claude-Claire Grenier, and the Marian H. Phinney Fund
Accession Year: 2005
Object Number: 2005.115.34
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obverse: Head of Athena wearing triple crested Attic helmet imitating the Athenian "New Style” decorated with Pegasos and quadriga r.
Reverse: Perseus standing facing wearing mitra on his head. chlamys on his shoulders, holding harpe in r. hand and head of Medusa in l.

Verification Level

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2005.115.34: Coin of Amisos, Pontos