1981.74.49: Coin of Sardis under Hadrian and the Antonines
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1981.74.49
- Title
- Coin of Sardis under Hadrian and the Antonines
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 117-192
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Sardis (Lydia)
- Period
- Roman Imperial period, Middle
- Culture
- Roman Provincial
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/183001
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 3.1 g
- Die Axis
- 7
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: CARDI ANWN
- Reverse Inscription: CARDI ANWN
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- BMC p. 246 no. 82
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
- 1981.74.49
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obv.: Bust of young Herakles r., laureate, wearing lion's skin around neck.
Rev.: Young Herakles standing to front, looking l., resting with r. on club and holding lion's skin in l.
Verification Level
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