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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2005.115.44
Title
1/16 shekel of Byblos, Phoenicia
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
336 - 333 BC
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Phoenicia
Period
Classical period, Late
Culture
Phoenician
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/20703

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
0.77 g
Denomination
sixteenth shekel

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Collection of Margarete Bieber: bought from ANcient Coins, Seltman, Staten Island

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Elayi, NC 2010

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
2005.115.44
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Galley
Rev.: Lion attacking bull

Verification Level

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