2007.261: Coin of Sardis under the Severans
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2007.261
- Title
- Coin of Sardis under the Severans
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 200-220 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Sardis (Lydia)
- Period
- Roman Imperial period, Middle
- Culture
- Roman Provincial
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/11257
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 3.88g
- Die Axis
- 6
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- Obverse Inscription: CAR DIC
- Reverse Inscription: CAPDIANWN B NEWKOPWN
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
-
Matthew Kreuzer, Purchased from, 1995, Gift to HUAM, 1995.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Coins from Sardis n .261; BMC p. 249, no. 90
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of David Gordon Mitten in memory of H. Bartlett Wells, Harvard College Class of 1929, and Margareta Viesca Wells
- Accession Year
- 2007
- Object Number
- 2007.261
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obv.: Bust of City Goddess, veiled and turreted to r.
Rev.:Cult statue of Kore, wearing kalathos, draped, seated between ear of wheat to r. and poppy corn to l.
Verification Level
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