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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1980.85.201
People
Trajan, Roman (r. 98-117 CE)
Title
Coin of Gabala under Trajan
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
1st-2nd century CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Syria, Gabala (Syria)
Period
Roman Imperial period
Culture
Roman Provincial
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/185808

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
7.79 g
Die Axis
12
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Obverse Inscription: NEPKAIC TPAIAC EBΓEP
  • Reverse Inscription: ΓABAΛE ΩN, in field BNP*

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
BMC 5

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of H. Bartlett Wells, Class of 1929
Accession Year
1980
Object Number
1980.85.201
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Head of Trajan r., laureate.
Rev.: Goddess (Asarte ?) seated l., wearing chiton and modius, in r. hand, poppy head and ears of corn, l. hand on scepter, at feet sphinx wearing modius on basis, above sphinx star.

Verification Level

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