Leucas Stater

Greek
Corinth

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400-330 BCE

Silver

Diameter: 21.8 mm

Weight: 8.54 g

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the John M. McDonald 1940 Fund

993.15.29089

Geography

Place Made: Greece, Europe

Period

1000 BCE-1 CE

Object Name

Coin

Research Area

Numismatics: Greek and Roman

Not on view

Inscriptions

Obverse: Pegasus with pointed wing flying right; beneath, remnants of in field; three rear legs visible (restamped) Reverse: Head of Pallas Athena right, Corinthian helmet without crest over leather cap, curls escaping; caduceus and in left field

Course History

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

Publication History

Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., 76th Buy or Bid Sale Catalogue, Lot 192.

Provenance

Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., Chicago, Illinois; sold to present collection, 1993.

Catalogue Raisonne

Grose, Vol. II; p. 291, nos. 5339, 5344, pl. 194.15,20 BMCC: no. 57, pl. XXXV/17-18, pl. XXXVI/3

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