1.1965.2426: Stater of Sardis under Croesus
CoinsOn the side of the coin on the left is the upper bodies of a lion and bull facing each other, lion's right arm outstretched, mouth open, the bull's head lowered. The other side of the coin depicts two indented squares of unequal size.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.2426
- People
-
Croesus, Lydian (r. 561-546 BCE)
- Title
- Stater of Sardis under Croesus
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 561 BCE-546 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Lydia
- Period
- Archaic period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/148695
Location
- Location
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Level 3, Room 3440, Ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Art, Ancient Middle Eastern Art in the Service of Kings
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Gold
- Metal
- AV
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 10.72 g
- Die Axis
- not assignable
- Denomination
- stater
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Hanfmann, From Croesus, pp. 5-6, 110
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from the Trustees of the Arthur Stone Dewing Greek Numismatic Foundation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.2426
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obv.: Foreparts of lion and bull, facing each other
Rev.: Two incuse squares, one slightly larger.
Exhibition History
- Re-View: S422 Ancient & Byzantine Art & Numismatics, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 04/12/2008 - 06/18/2011
- 32Q: 3440 Middle East, Harvard Art Museums, 11/16/2014 - 01/01/2050
Verification Level
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