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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2007.242
Title
Stater of Aegina (Double-Struck)
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
520-480 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Aigina (Aegina)
Period
Archaic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/93908

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
12.15 g
Denomination
stater
Inscriptions and Marks
  • countermark: Double struck?

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Matthew Kreuzer, Purchased from, 1990, Gift to HUAM, 1990.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of David Gordon Mitten in memory of H. Bartlett Wells, Harvard College Class of 1929, and Margareta Viesca Wells
Accession Year
2007
Object Number
2007.242
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: sea turtle
Reverse: incuse square

Verification Level

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