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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1983.56.27
Title
Coin of Cyzicus
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
2nd-1st century BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Kyzikos (Mysia)
Period
Hellenistic period
Culture
Hellenistic
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/195991

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
8.57 g
Die Axis
12

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
H. B. Wells purchased from Baldwin, London.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Unpublished with this monogram; cf. SNG von Aul. 1240

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
1983.56.27
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Bull butting to r.
Rev.: Flaming torch, along the sides of which runs the inscription (the ethnic).

Verification Level

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