1997.260.345: Coin of Tamusia
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1997.260.345
- Title
- Coin of Tamusia
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 2nd century BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa, Tamusia (Mauretania)
- Period
- Hellenistic period
- Culture
- Punic
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/212568
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 4.89 g
- Die Axis
- 12
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Gift of Richard Wells
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- SNG Cop 751
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
- 1997.260.345
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obv.: Bearded male head wearing pointed cap, dotted border, behind Neo-Punic legend (uncertain reading).
Rev.: Two corn ears with zig-zag between.
Verification Level
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