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    Why Coins in an Art Museum?

    Why Coins in an Art Museum?

    Presented by Harvard Art Museum at Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum

    October 24, 2009

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    Lecture by Carmen Arnold-Biucchi, curator of numismatic collections, Harvard Art Museum/Arthur M. Sackler Museum and lecturer on the classics, Harvard University

    Introducing the coin display in the exhibition Re-View, this talk will look at ancient coins as masterpieces in miniature of Greek and Roman sculpture. Included are signed works of the Sicilian engravers Kimon, Euainetos, and Herakleidas, as well as unsigned works of their precursors.

    Free admission (admission is free for everyone on Saturdays before noon).
    Gallery talks are informal and include discussion.

    For more information, please contact Susannah Hutchison at 617-496-8576 or susannah_hutchison@harvard.edu.


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        Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum

        485 Broadway
        Cambridge, MA 02138

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        Tickets: Free admission.

        Info Phone: 617-496-8576

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        Dates:
        October 24, 2009

        Times:
        11:00 - 11:30 am

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