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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1979.428.544
Title
Coin of Tyre
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
98 BCE-85 CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Tyre (Phoenicia)
Period
Hellenistic period, Late, to Early Roman Imperial
Culture
Hellenistic or Early Roman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/179493

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
6.73 g
Die Axis
12

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
BMC 252

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Unspecified Collection
Accession Year
1979
Object Number
1979.428.544
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Head of Tyche, r., wearing turreted crown, veil, and earring; behind, a palm branch; border of dots.
Rev.: Galley, l., with prow terminating in a volute; above, Greek inscription; beneath, Phoenician inscription.

Verification Level

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