1979.419.74: Tetradrachm of Alexandria under Elagabalus
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1979.419.74
- People
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Elagabalus, Roman (r. 218 - 222 CE)
- Title
- Tetradrachm of Alexandria under Elagabalus
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 220-221 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa, Alexandria (Egypt)
- Period
- Roman Imperial period
- Culture
- Roman Provincial
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/176600
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 11.19 g
- Die Axis
- 12
- Denomination
- tetradrachm
- Date on Object
- Year 4
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: Α ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΜΑ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟС ƐΥСƐΒ
- Reverse Inscription: L Δ
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- SNG Cop 397; RPC VI 10089 (temp.); Dattari 4139; Milne 2811
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of H. Bartlett Wells, Class of 1929
- Accession Year
- 1979
- Object Number
- 1979.419.74
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: laureate head of Elagabalus, r.
Rev.: Sarapis bust r., draped and wearing kalathos.
Verification Level
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