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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2005.115.146
People
Hadrian, Roman (r. 117-138 CE)
Title
Tetradrachm of Alexandria under Hadrian
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
132 - 133 CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa, Alexandria (Egypt)
Period
Roman Imperial period, Middle
Culture
Roman Provincial
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/21014

Physical Descriptions

Medium
billon
Metal
Bi
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
8.02 g
Die Axis
12
Denomination
tetradrachm
Date on Object
Year 17
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Obverse Inscription: AVT KAIS TRAIAN ADRIANOS SEB
  • Reverse Inscription: LIZ

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Collection of Margarete Bieber

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Milne 1354;

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
2005.115.146
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Bust of Hadrian, r., laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
Rev.: River Nile reclining facing l., holding stalk of papyrus in r. hand; beneath, a crocodile to r.; in field at upper l., 'LIZ' (= year 17 of the reign).

Exhibition History

  • Re-View: S422 (Ancient rotation) "The Scholar as Collector: Margarete Bieber (1879-1978)", Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 02/15/2011 - 06/18/2011

Verification Level

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