1980.85.252: Coin of Arados
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1980.85.252
- Title
- Coin of Arados
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 116-115 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Arados (Phoenicia)
- Period
- Hellenistic period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/175640
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 3.87 g
- Die Axis
- 2
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- BMC 310
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of H. Bartlett Wells, Class of 1929
- Accession Year
- 1980
- Object Number
- 1980.85.252
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: Bust of Tyche r., wearing turreted crown and necklace, hair rolled in chignon at back, and falling on nape of neck, behind l. shoulder, palm branch, border of dots.
Rev.: Poseidon, nude to waist, seated l. on prow of galley l., holding wreath in extended r., resting with l. on trident, as figurehead Athena l. fighting with spear (or thunderbolt?) in r., shield on l. arm, above in field Phoenician letters, below date and letter.
Verification Level
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