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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1980.85.276
Title
Coin of Marathos
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
187-186 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Marathos (Phoenicia)
Period
Hellenistic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/175750

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
3.51 g
Die Axis
11
Date on Object
year 73

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
BMC 15-18; SNG Cop 158

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
1980.85.276
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Veiled female bust r. (Berenice II?), border of dots.
Rev.: Prow of galley l., stem curving upwards; [on the deck palm branch], above Phoenician letters, below date.

Verification Level

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