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Object Type
Museum number: G.2137
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Seated sphinx to right, with forepaw raised. (obverse); Irregular incuse. (reverse)
Cultures/periods
Production date: 500BC (about)
Production place: Issued in: Idalion
Excavator/field collector
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Marion-Arsinoe, Necropolis II, Tomb 92
Materials
Dimensions: Length: 2.60 centimetres; Weight: 10.41 grammes; Weight: 185 grains
Curator's comments: Bibliography: K. Sheedy, 'The Idalion stater found in a tomb at Marion in 1886', Numismatic Chronicle 159 (1999), 281-4.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Acquisition name
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: G.2137
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: 1887,0801.3 (G&R registration number)

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