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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2008.115.75
People
The Himyarites, Himyarite
Title
Denarius of the Himyarites
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
1st century BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Arabia
Period
Hellenistic period, Late, to Early Roman Imperial
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/186536

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
2.97 g
Die Axis
5
Denomination
denarius

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Baldwin sale

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
SNGANS 6, 1503 ff.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University
Accession Year
2008
Object Number
2008.115.75
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Diademed and beardless male head; to l., and r., South Arabian letters.
Rev.: bucranium with antelope's horns and plumes; to. l. and r., letters.

Verification Level

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