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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1980.85.273
Title
Coin of Karne
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
223-222 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Karne (Phoenicia)
Period
Hellenistic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/176165

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
7.19 g
Die Axis
12
Date on Object
Year 34

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
BMC 2

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
1980.85.273
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Head of Tyche r., wearing turreted crown, border of dots.
Rev.: Prow of galley l. as figurehead Athena fighting l. with shield and spear, above cornucopiae and monogram, in field r. Phoenician letter, below Phoenician date.

Verification Level

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