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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1974.27.103
People
Antoninus Pius, Roman (r. 138 - 161 CE)
Title
Coin of Alexandria under Antoninus Pius
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
158-159 CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa, Alexandria (Egypt)
Period
Roman Imperial period
Culture
Roman Provincial
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/180268

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
12.7 g
Date on Object
Year 22
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Obverse Inscription: ΑV(Τ) (ΤΙ) (Κ) ΑΙ (Α)ΔΡ(Ι) ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟС СƐΒ (ƐV)
  • Reverse Inscription: L ΚΒ

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
RPC IV 15927 (temp.);

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, A Gift to the Museum from Arthur W. Arundel through the Harvard Fund Council, Class of 1951
Accession Year
1974
Object Number
1974.27.103
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: laureate head of Antoninus Pius with traces of drapery(?), r.
Rev.: Hermanubis standing, r., wearing kalathos, holding caduceus and palm-leaf; behind, jackal.

Verification Level

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