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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1979.428.536
Title
Coin of Seleuceia-Pieria
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
2nd century BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Seleukeia Pieria (Syria)
Period
Seleucid period
Culture
Seleucid
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/179652

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
7.49 g
Die Axis
10
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Reverse Inscription: ΣEΛEYKEΩN

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Cf. Sear p.539, no. 5891; BMC 6?

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Unspecified Collection
Accession Year
1979
Object Number
1979.428.536
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Head of Zeus, r., laureate.
Rev.: Wingless thunderbolt; above, ethnic and large alpha above it; beneath, monogram.

Verification Level

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