1.1965.2669: Shekel of Tyre
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.2669
- Title
- Shekel of Tyre
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- c. 480 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Tyre (Phoenicia)
- Period
- Classical period, Early
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/148661
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 12.53 g
- Die Axis
- 4
- Denomination
- shekel
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Dewing 2669; Elayi (2009) 88 (this coin); Rouvier 1775
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
- 1.1965.2669
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obv.: Dolphin to r. over triple line of waves; below shell.
Rev.: Owl standing to right, facing, over its left shoulder crook and flail; the whole in incuse square.
Verification Level
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