1994.14: Coin of Smyrna under Hadrian, with portrait of Antinous
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1994.14
- People
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Hadrian, Roman (r. 117-138 CE)
Issued by Marcus Antonius Polemon (Laodikeia ad Lycum, Phrygia 88 - 144)
Antinoos (Claudiopolis, Bithynia 110 - 130 Egypt)
- Title
- Coin of Smyrna under Hadrian, with portrait of Antinous
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 134-135 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Smyrna (Ionia)
- Period
- Roman Imperial period, Middle
- Culture
- Roman Provincial
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/196144
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 44.24 g
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: ΑΝΤΙΝΟΟС ΗΡΩС
- Reverse Inscription: ΠΟΛΕΜΩΝ ΑΝΕΘΗΚΕ СΜΥΡΝΑΙΟΙС
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Hans von Aulock. SNG von Aulock 8000
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- RPC III, 1975 n. 16 (this coin), Blum, Smyrna 8-11
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, David M. Robinson Fund
- Accession Year
- 1994
- Object Number
- 1994.14
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Obv: Antinoös facing left; Rev: Bull facing right
Verification Level
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