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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2007.243
Title
Plated Hekte of Kyzikos
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
400-300 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Kyzikos (Mysia)
Period
Classical period, Late, to Early Hellenistic
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/94119

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Electrum
Metal
EL
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
2.3 g
Denomination
hekte

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Frank L. Kovacs, Purchased from, 1992, 1992.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Von Fritze 154

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
2007.243
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Nike kneeling to r.; below tunny
Reverse: four-part incuse square

Verification Level

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