Coin of Aradus | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1997.260.327
Title: Coin of Aradus
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 134-133 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Araklos (Phoenicia)
Period: Hellenistic period
Culture: Greek
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/212561

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Bronze
Metal: AE
Technique: Struck
Dimensions: 6.96 g
Die Axis: 10
Date on Object: year 126

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Gift of Richard Wells

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: BMC 300

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Estate of H. Bartlett Wells
Accession Year: 1997
Object Number: 1997.260.327
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obv.: Bust of Tyche r., wearing turreted crown and necklace, hair rolled in chignon at back and falling on nape of neck, behind l. shoulder palm branch, border of dots.
Rev.: Poseidon, nude to waist, seated l. on prow of galley l., holding wreath in extended r., resting with l. on trident, as figure head Athena l. fighting with spear (or thunderbolt?) in r. shield on l. arm, above in field Phoenician letters, below date and letter.

Verification Level

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