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Both sides of an irregularly shaped silver-gray coin with relief decoration on each side.　

On the side of the coin on the left is the head of a man facing right, curly tendrils of hair held in place with a laurel wreath, surrounding the decorative border, the Greek characters: K A I S A P O S / S E B A S T O Y. The other side of the coin depicts a woman seated on a rock facing right, her right arm extended holding a palm branch, her feet resting upon the right shoulder of a man, whose upper torso is visible above the water, positioned to be swimming away, small dots surround the border, along with the Greek characters: E T O Y S / Z K / N I K H S.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1997.150
People
Augustus, Roman (r. 27 BCE - 14 CE)
Title
Tetradrachm of Antioch under Augustus
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
5 - 4 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Antioch (Syria)
Period
Roman Imperial period
Culture
Roman Provincial
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/212843

Location

Location
Level 3, Room 3700, Ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Art, Roman Art
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
15.23 g
Die Axis
11
Denomination
tetradrachm
Date on Object
Year 27
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Obverse Inscription: KAISAPOS SEBASTOY
  • Reverse Inscription: ETOYS ZK NIKHS

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
RPC I, 4152

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, David M. Robinson Fund
Accession Year
1997
Object Number
1997.150
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Laureate head of Augustus to r.
Rev.: Tyche of Antioch seated r. holding palm branch, before personification of the Orontes River.

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 3700 Roman, Harvard Art Museums, 11/16/2014 - 01/01/2050

Verification Level

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