1981.74.52: Coin of Silandus under Lucius Verus
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1981.74.52
- Title
- Coin of Silandus under Lucius Verus
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 161-169 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Silandus (Lydia)
- Period
- Roman Imperial period, Middle
- Culture
- Roman Provincial
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/183340
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 5.97 g
- Die Axis
- 7
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- Obverse Inscription: CILANDEWN
- Reverse Inscription: EPICTAAT TALIANOY; in exergue: ERMOC
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- BMC p. 279 no. 8; Imhoof-Blumer p. 144 no. 6; Cf. SNG von Aul. no. 3170 (obv. and same magistrate on rev.)
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
- 1981.74.52
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obv.: Bust of Athena or Roma r., wearing crested Corinthian helmet and aegis.
Rev.: River-god Hermos recumbent l., himation over lower limbs, holding in r. hand a reed and resting with l. hand on an inverted vase from which water flows.
Verification Level
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