1981.74.39: Coin of Sardis
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1981.74.39
- Title
- Coin of Sardis
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- before 133 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Sardis (Lydia)
- Period
- Hellenistic period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/182997
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 5.31 g
- Die Axis
- 1
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- Reverse Inscription: SARDIANWN
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Cf. SNG von Aul. 3132-3; D.S. nos. 484-489, with monogr. 15.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of H. Bartlett Wells, Class of 1929
- Accession Year
- 1981
- Object Number
- 1981.74.39
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obv.: Head of young Herakles with lionskin at neck, r.
Rev.: Statue of Zeus standing l. with eagle with open wings in outstretched r. hand. Inscription runs vertically downward behind him. Monogram in lower left.
Verification Level
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