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Persian siglos
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Obv.: Archer with bow and dagger running to r.; two small countermarks.
Rev.: incuse punch
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Jane Ayer Scott Newton MA (by 2008) by inheritance; to her husband Wellington F. Scott III (2008-2010) gift; to The Harvard Art Museums 2010.
There is no further information available about where Jane Scott purchased the coin. Persian sigloi were minted mainly in Sardis (modern Turkey) and circulated all over ancient Asia Minor from Turkey to Syria Lebanon Israel Iraq and furrther.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Wellington F. Scott III in memory of Jane Ayer Scott
Title: Persian siglos
Description:
Obv.
: Archer with bow and dagger running to r.
; two small countermarks.
Rev.
: incuse punch.
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