1985.21.65: Coin of Apollonia
Coins
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1985.21.65
- Title
- Coin of Apollonia
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 38-14 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Apollonia (Illyria)
- Period
- Hellenistic period, Late, to Early Roman Imperial
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/174867
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 7.23 g
- Die Axis
- 11
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- Reverse Inscription: AΠOΛΛΩ NIATAN
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- BMC 60; SNG Cop. 409; Apollonia 94-97
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of H. Bartlett Wells, Class of 1929
- Accession Year
- 1985
- Object Number
- 1985.21.65
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obv.: Head of Apollo l, laureate.
Rev.: Obelisk surrounded by laurel wreath.
Verification Level
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