1983.56.45: Coin of Aphrodisias
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1983.56.45
- Title
- Coin of Aphrodisias
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 2nd century CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Aphrodisias-Plarasa (Caria)
- Period
- Roman Imperial period, Middle
- Culture
- Roman Provincial
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/195511
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 8.31 g
- Die Axis
- 12
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- BMC 52
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of H. Bartlett Wells, Class of 1929
- Accession Year
- 1983
- Object Number
- 1983.56.45
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obv.: Youthful bust of Senate to r.
Rev.: Me^n standing to l., crescent behind shoulders, his r. foot on a bucranium; he holds patera in r. hand a rests with l. on scepter.
Verification Level
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