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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2005.115.29
Title
Coin of Kos, island off Caria
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
300 - 190 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Kos
Period
Hellenistic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/20724

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
2.03 g
Die Axis
12

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Collection of Margarete Bieber: bought March 1973 from Schulman NY

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
BMC 86

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
2005.115.29
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Head of Herakles unbearded to l.
Rev.: Crab; magistrate name?

Verification Level

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