1997.260.253: Coin of Aspurgus
Coins
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1997.260.253
- People
-
Aspurgus (r. 14 - 37)
Caligula, Roman (r. 37 - 41 CE)
- Title
- Coin of Aspurgus
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 14 - 37 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Cimmerian Bosporus
- Period
- Roman Imperial period, Early
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/212720
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 6.43 g
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- Obverse Inscription: GAIOU KAISAROS GERMANIKOU
- Reverse Inscription: IB
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Gift of Richard Wells
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Zograph pl. XLV-17; SNGPushkin 1403ff.; cf. RPC I 1904
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
- 1997.260.253
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obverse: Head of Caligula?, r.
Reverse: Head of Aspurgus r., diademed.; to l., monogram (BAR with horizontal line and small arc above); to r., IB
Verification Level
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