1982.100.59: Coin of Berytus under Elagabalus
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1982.100.59
- People
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Elagabalus, Roman (r. 218 - 222 CE)
- Title
- Coin of Berytus under Elagabalus
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 218-222 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Berytos (Phoenicia)
- Period
- Roman Imperial period, Middle
- Culture
- Roman Provincial
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/170410
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 10.39 g
- Die Axis
- 11
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: IMPCAESMAVRAN TONINVSAVG
- Reverse Inscription: COL IVL AVGFEL, ex.: BER
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- BMC 213; SNG Cop 119
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
- 1982.100.59
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: Bust of Elagabalus r., laureate, wearing paludamentum and cuirass.
Rev.: Aeneas wearing cuirass, hastening l., carrying Anchises on his shoulders and with his r. holding by the l. wrist Ascanius, who runs beside him, wearing Phyygian cap.
Subjects and Contexts
- Ancient Coins
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