1983.56.159: Coin of Thyateira, Time of Trajan
Coins
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1983.56.159
- People
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Time of Trajan, Roman (r. 98-117 CE)
- Title
- Coin of Thyateira, Time of Trajan
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 98-117
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Thyateira (Lydia)
- Period
- Roman Imperial period
- Culture
- Roman Provincial
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/176494
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 13.74 g
- Die Axis
- 5
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- Obverse Inscription: DHMOS THYATIRHNWN
- Reverse Inscription: .....YTHY....
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Cf. BMC p. 295 no. 24 (obv.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of H. Bartlett Wells, Class of 1929
- Accession Year
- 1983
- Object Number
- 1983.56.159
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obv.: Wreathed male head of youthful Demos
Rev.: Nude male figure (Herakles?) standing l., looking r., with cloak (or lion's skin?) and club?
Verification Level
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