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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.1965.2653
Title
Tetradrachm of Laodikeia ad Mare
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
before 47 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Laodikeia ad Mare (Syria)
Period
Hellenistic period, Late
Culture
Seleucid
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/148503

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
15 g
Die Axis
12
Denomination
tetradrachm
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Reverse Inscription: ΛAOΔIKEΩN THΣIEPAΣKAI AYTONOMOY

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
D. Bullowa, 2 Dec. 1954, 3770

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Morkholm, p104, 19a; BMC 4

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from the Trustees of the Arthur Stone Dewing Greek Numismatic Foundation
Object Number
1.1965.2653
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Bust of the Tyche of Laodicea r., wearing earring, necklace, veil, and turreted headdress, bead and reel border.
Rev.: Zeus, wearing himatuiions over lower limbs, seated l., in l. scepter, in r. Nike holding wreath, whole in laurel wreath, in exergue KA.

Verification Level

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