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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1983.56.55
Title
Coin of Blaundus under Trebonianus Gallus and Volusian
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
251-254
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Blaundus (Lydia)
Period
Roman Imperial period
Culture
Roman Provincial
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/195649

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
9.06 g
Die Axis
12
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Obverse Inscription: DHMOC BLAYNDEWN
  • Reverse Inscription: CTR AY PAPIA ER; in exergue: IPPOYRIOC

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
BMC p. 49 no. 51; Cf. Imhoof-Blumer p. 52 no. 11

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
1983.56.55
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Youthful head of Demos r., laureate in border of dots.
Rev.: River god Hippurios nude to loins, himation over lower limbs, recumbent l., holding in r. long reed, and on l. arm cornucopiae; behind him an inverted vase, from which water flows, and a fish swimming downward; all in border of dots.

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