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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2004.66
Title
Didrachm of Segesta
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
c. 415 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Segesta (Sicily)
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/51100

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
8.21 g
Die Axis
7
Denomination
didrachm

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
From the Athos Moretti Collection, Bellinzona, CH, ex FPL L. de Nicola, Rome June 1961. Most lokely from the Ognina hoard 1923 (IGCH 2120)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
dies of SNGANS 640

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Silvia Hurter
Accession Year
2004
Object Number
2004.66
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: dog walking to right, on exergue line, right forepaw raised, head lowered towards the ground. Above the symbol has been erased from the coin (not the die). Circle of dots.
Rev.: head of Aigesta to right, in incuse circle.

Verification Level

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