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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2005.115.135
People
Trajan, Roman (r. 98-117 CE)
Title
Tetradrachm of Antioch under Trajan
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
110-111 CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Antioch (Syria)
Period
Roman Imperial period, Middle
Culture
Roman Provincial
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/20281

Physical Descriptions

Medium
billon
Metal
Bi
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
13.43 g
Die Axis
6
Denomination
tetradrachm
Date on Object
EX 15 YPAT 5
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Obverse Inscription: AYTOKR KAIS NER TRAIANOS SEB GERM DAK
  • Reverse Inscription: DHMARX (chi) EX (xi) IE YPAT E

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Collection of Margarete Bieber

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
W. 160; ANS 1944.100.63556

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Celia and Walter Gilbert, Claude-Claire Grenier, and the Marian H. Phinney Fund
Accession Year
2005
Object Number
2005.115.135
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Laureate head of Trajan r.; before, eagle r.; behind, club; around, clockwise, AYTOKR KAIS NER TRAIANOS SEB GERM DAK.
Rev.: Tyche of Antioch seated r.; at feet, Orontes swimming r., looking back over shoulder; around, clockwise, DHMARX (chi) EX (xi) IE (=16) YPAT E (=5)

Exhibition History

  • Antioch-on-the-Orontes: Excavating an Early Byzantine City, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection, Washington, 04/07/2010 - 10/10/2010

Verification Level

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