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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1980.86.217
Title
Coin of Tarsos
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
174-164 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Tarsos (Cilicia)
Period
Hellenistic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/175873

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
6.84 g
Die Axis
12
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Reverse Inscription: TAPΣEΩN

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
SNG Lev 947; BMC 106

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
1980.86.217
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Head of city r., veiled and turreted.
Rev.: Monument or pyre consisting of garlanded basis on which is a pyramidal structure containing figure of Sandan, as one preceding series, standing r. on animal between two small altars, on top of pyramid eagle with wings spread, in field l. monograms, in r. inscription.

Verification Level

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