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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1983.56.264
People
Philip II, Roman (r. 247 - 249 CE)
Title
Coin of Prostanna under Philip II
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
247-249
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Prostanna (Pisidia)
Period
Roman Imperial period, Late
Culture
Roman Provincial
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/176975

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
13.73 g
Die Axis
7

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Lane, Dei Menis III p. 128 and Pl. 2 (this coin); Pisidiens no. 1829

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
1983.56.264
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Bust of Philip II, r., laureate.
Rev.: Architectural frame consisting of pediment on two shafts which rest on stacks of five graduated rings; within, Me^n standing l., crescent behind shoulders and an owl seated above each shoulder; a lion before him at his feet.

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