1984.811.35: Coin of Sardis under Caracalla
Coins
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1984.811.35
- People
-
Caracalla, Roman (r. 188 - 217 CE)
- Title
- Coin of Sardis under Caracalla
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 198-217 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Sardis (Lydia)
- Period
- Roman Imperial period, Middle
- Culture
- Roman Provincial
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/181710
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 18.83 g
- Die Axis
- 6
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- Obverse Inscription: AYT KAI M AYR CE ANTWNEINOC
- Reverse Inscription: EPI G KA M? ThROY... ARCh In exergue: CARDIANWN B NEWKORWN
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- unpublished
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Jerome B. Spier
- Accession Year
- 1984
- Object Number
- 1984.811.35
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obv.: Draped, cuirassed bust of Caracalla, r.
Rev.: Male figure in military dress at r., faces and offers wreath to city Tyche at l., wearing veil and mural crown and holding in r. hand a miniature Kore statue.
Verification Level
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