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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
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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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