1980.85.251: Coin of Arados
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1980.85.251
- Title
- Coin of Arados
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 130-126 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Arados (Phoenicia)
- Period
- Hellenistic period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/175817
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 3.38 g
- Die Axis
- 12
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- SNG Cop 68-69; BMC 292-299
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
- 1980.85.251
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: Heads of Zeus (?) and his consort, wearing stephane, r. jugate, border of dots.
Rev.: Prow of galley l., with figurehead of Athena fighting l. with spear and shield, above letters, below date and Phonician letters.
Verification Level
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