1.1965.31: Drachm of Massalia
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.31
- Title
- Drachm of Massalia
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- after 200 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Massalia (Gaul)
- Period
- Hellenistic period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/189155
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 2.68 g
- Die Axis
- 6
- Denomination
- drachm
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- G. Hirsch, 26-27 June, 1956, 34.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- BN 1223
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
- 1.1965.31
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: Draped bust of Artemis r.
Rev.: MASSA-LIHTWN. Lion r., between legs, ED.
Verification Level
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