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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1982.100.124
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
Roman Provincial
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/140932

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
10.7 g
Die Axis
12
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Obverse Inscription: Mελιταιων

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
SNG Cop 465

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
1982.100.124
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Head of Isis l., in front corn ear, dotted border.
Rev.: Male figure kneeling l., with four wings and wearing Egyptian double crown and holding flail and scepter (Osiris?), dotted border.

Verification Level

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