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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1994.14
People
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
  • Obverse Inscription: ΑΝΤΙΝΟΟС ΗΡΩС
  • Reverse Inscription: ΠΟΛΕΜΩΝ ΑΝΕΘΗΚΕ СΜΥΡΝΑΙΟΙС

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
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
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Descriptions

Description
Obv: Antinoös facing left; Rev: Bull facing right

Verification Level

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