1982.100.123: Coin of Melita
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1982.100.123
- Title
- Coin of Melita
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 2nd-1st century BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Malta (Melita)
- Period
- Hellenistic period, Late, to Early Roman Imperial
- Culture
- Punic
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/140872
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 11.76 g
- Die Axis
- 6
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- Reverse Inscription: Punic legend: 'NN
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- SNG Cop 459
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of H. Bartlett Wells, Class of 1929
- Accession Year
- 1982
- Object Number
- 1982.100.123
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obv.: Veiled female head (Anna Perena? cf. Seltman, NC 1946, 84 ff.), dotted border.
Rev.: Mummy of Osiris facing, head turned l., holding flail and scepter, on l. and r. Isis and Nephthys each with wings lowered and crossed in front, wearing solar disk with horms and holding palm branch and other object, dotted border, in field above Punic legend.
Verification Level
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