1997.260.214: Coin of Olympia
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1997.260.214
- Title
- Coin of Olympia
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 225-191 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Olympia (Elis)
- Period
- Hellenistic period, Middle
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/212876
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 3.39 g
- Die Axis
- 7
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- Reverse Inscription: F-A / H-ME
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Gift of Richard Wells
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Moustaka 154; SNG Cop 437; BCD Olympia 295
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Estate of H. Bartlett Wells
- Accession Year
- 1997
- Object Number
- 1997.260.214
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo to r.
Reverse: Zeus striding right with thunderbolt in r. hand. Eagle should be in his l. hand but not visible. F-A / H-ME across field. Conical cacvity in middle of Zeus' body.
Verification Level
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