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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1982.100.68
People
Gordian III, Roman (r. 238 - 244 CE)
Title
Coin of Tyre under Gordian III
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
238-244
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Tyre (Phoenicia)
Period
Roman Imperial period, Late
Culture
Roman Provincial
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/170414

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
16.23 g
Die Axis
11

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Unpublished? But cf. BMC Pl. XLIV, no. 9 (rev.)

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
1982.100.68
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Bust of Gordian III, r., laureate.
Rev.: Dido standing in galley, l., with helmsman and sailor fore and aft; inscription, "Dido" in Aramaic, on a tablet at lower l. at bottom of hull just before steering oar; other Aramaic inscriptions to either side of Dido.

Verification Level

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