coin
- Museum number
- EH,p521.1.Bas
- Description
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Silver coin. (whole)
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Head of 'satrap', left. (obverse)
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Lyre with seven strings. (reverse)
- Production date
- 420BC-395BC (circa)
- Dimensions
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Die-axis: 12 o'clock
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Diameter: 21 millimetres
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Weight: 15.306 grammes
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Originally attributed to the city of Basilis in Arcadia by Taylor Combe (see Combe 1816).
- Location
- On display (G68/dc1/p4)
- Exhibition history
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2022 6 Apr - 8 Aug, Los Angeles, The J. Paul Getty Museum, The Classical World in Context: Persia
- Acquisition date
- 1837 (before)
- Acquisition notes
- See information from Combe 1816 which suggests that this coin was found in Malta in or before 1812 and bought by Combe between 1812-1816 for the collection.
- Department
- Money and Medals
- Registration number
- EH,p521.1.Bas
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: RPK,p87B.28.Lys (Found swapped on ticket.)
- C&M catalogue number
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GC16 (BMC Greek (Ionia)) (325) (13)
