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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1987.46.3
Title
Coin of Sardis
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
189 BCE-138 CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Sardis (Lydia)
Period
Hellenistic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/177403

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
4.19 g
Die Axis
1
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Reverse Inscription: SARDIANWN THAR

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
BMC p. 241, no.22 ff

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Jonathan H. Kagan
Accession Year
1987
Object Number
1987.46.3
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Head of bearded Herakles r., wearing lion's skin.
Rev.: Apollo, nude, standing l., holding in r. hand a bird and in l. a laurel branch; the whole in a laurel wreath.

Verification Level

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