Silver litra

Greek
Syracuse
Sicily

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480-460 BCE

Silver

Weight: 0.7 g

Diameter: 7/16 in. (11.8 mm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the Class of 1962

990.24.27100

Geography

Place Made: Italy, Europe

Period

1000 BCE-1 CE

Object Name

Coin

Research Area

Numismatics: Greek and Roman

Not on view

Inscriptions

Obverse: Pearl diademed female head right, hair indicated by lines, looped up under diadem; necklace (worn), earring (worn); Dotted border; **VRA inwardly around to right starting at eyelevel. Reverse: Octopus (sepia) in incuse circle.

Course History

CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022

Provenance

Harmer and Rooke Numismatists, Ltd., 1984; Virginia Williamson, 1984-1990; given to present collection, 1990.

Catalogue Raisonne

Grose, Vol. I: pl. 91/11-12

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