1.1965.595: Didrachm of Gela
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.595
- Title
- Didrachm of Gela
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 485 BCE-475 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Gela (Sicily)
- Period
- Classical period, Early
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/189696
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 7.46 g
- Die Axis
- 2
- Denomination
- didrachm
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Acq. Palermo, 1930
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- J. B 1, 1 (this coin)
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
- 1.1965.595
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Ancient imitation.
Obv.: Bearded horseman, holding lance. Border of dots.
Rev.: GELAS. Forepart of river god (Acheloos?) as manheaded bull.
Verification Level
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