2001.266: Coin of Corinth under Septimius Severus
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2001.266
- People
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Septimius Severus, Roman (r. 193 - 211 CE)
- Title
- Coin of Corinth under Septimius Severus
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 193 - 211
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Corinth (Corinthia)
- Period
- Roman Imperial period, Middle
- Culture
- Roman Provincial
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/147294
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 9.3 g
- Die Axis
- 5
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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These coins were collected by Basil Dimitriadi from many different sources and dealers over a period of decades. They have long been in Switzerland.
Lanz 105, 26 November 2001, lot 854
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- NCP S 12,1
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, David M. Robinson Fund
- Accession Year
- 2001
- Object Number
- 2001.266
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Obverse: Bust of Septimius Severus facing right. Counter-mark under chin. Reverse: Ino running to the right holding the baby Melikertes. Opposite her is a seated nude male personification of the Isthmus of Corinth.
Verification Level
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