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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1984.768
People
Commodus, Roman (r. 177-192)
Title
Alliance Coin of Ephesus and Sardis under Commodus
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
177-192
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Sardis (Lydia)
Period
Roman Imperial period, Middle
Culture
Roman Provincial
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/182383

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
23.46 g
Die Axis
6
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Obverse Inscription: AY KAICAR M? PIOC KOMMODOC
  • Reverse Inscription: EFECIWN B NEOK CARDIANWN; In exergue: OMONOIA

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Cf. BMC Mysia 416 p. 112 (rev.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Jerome B. Spier
Accession Year
1984
Object Number
1984.768
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Bust of Commodus r., laureate.
Rev.: Cult statues of Artemis Ephesia and the Kore of Sardis, facing front, side by side.

Verification Level

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