1.1965.580: Obol of Katane as Aitna
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.580
- Title
- Obol of Katane as Aitna
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 470 BCE-463 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Katane (Sicily)
- Period
- Classical period, Early
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/189338
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 0.43 g
- Die Axis
- 12
- Denomination
- obol
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Acq. Gans, 1958
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- see C. Boehringer, "Hieron's Aitna und das Hieroneion," JNG 18 (1968) p. 94
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
- 1.1965.580
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obv.: Head of bearded Silenus r. Border of dots
Rev.: AITN Winged thunderbolt.
Broken.
Verification Level
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