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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1979.428.563
Title
Pseudo-autonomous coin of Smyrna in its Third Neocorate
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
211 - 260 CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Smyrna (Ionia)
Period
Roman Imperial period
Culture
Roman Provincial
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/179925

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
9.16 g
Die Axis
6
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Obverse Inscription: IEPA SVNKLHTOV
  • Reverse Inscription: SMVPNAION NEOKOPON gamma

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Klose 17 V11 R13

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Unspecified Collection
Accession Year
1979
Object Number
1979.428.563
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Young male bust of the Senate, r., draped and laureate.
Rev.: Tetrastyle Ionic temple facade, within which, cult statue of Tyche wearing kalathos, holding rudder in r. hand and cornucopiae against l. shoulder.

Verification Level

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