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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1942.176.445
People
Anonymous Roman
Title
Commemorative Coin of Trier
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
330-340 CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Trier (Germania)
Period
Roman Imperial period
Culture
Roman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/179602

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
2.46 g
Die Axis
6
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Obverse Inscription: VRBS ROMA

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
RIC VII, p. 217, 542

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The George Davis Chase Collection of Roman Coins, Gift of George Davis Chase, Professor of Classics and Dean of Graduate Study at the University of Maine
Accession Year
1942
Object Number
1942.176.445
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Bust of Roma l.; clockwise from lower left, URBS ROMA
Rev.: In exergue, TR.S (minmark of Trier, workshop 2)

Publication History

  • Ioli Kalavrezou, Byzantine Women and Their World, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2003)

Exhibition History

  • Byzantine Women and Their World, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/25/2002 - 04/28/2003

Verification Level

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