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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1983.56.143
People
Elagabalus, Roman (r. 218 - 222 CE)
Title
Coin of Trapezus under Elagabalus
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
218-219
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Trapezus (Pontus)
Period
Roman Imperial period, Middle
Culture
Roman Provincial
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/177340

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
17.17 g
Die Axis
6
Date on Object
PNE

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Unpublished; cf. SNG Von Aulock 6785

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
1983.56.143
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Bust of Elagabalus, r., laureate.
Rev.: Male figure wearing Phrygian cap riding horse r.; to l., a tree and smaller figure standing to front; to r., cylindrical altar and small figure wearing Phrygian cap standing to r. and carrying a torch (?); in exergue, a serpent and a recumbent animal.

Verification Level

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