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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1997.193
People
Tranquillina
Title
Coin of Tarsus under Tranquillina
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
238-244 CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Tarsos (Cilicia)
Period
Roman Imperial period
Culture
Roman Provincial
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/213018

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
12.47 g
Die Axis
6
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Obverse Inscription: CABINEIAN TPANKVΛΛEINAN CEB
  • Reverse Inscription: TAPCOV MHTPOΠOΛEΩC AMK ΓB

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Purchase from Robert Hecht

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
SNG Lev 1148; SNG Paris 1724; BMC 292

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, David M. Robinson Fund
Accession Year
1997
Object Number
1997.193
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Bust of Tranquillina r., crescent on shoulder.
Rev.: Dionysos, holding thyrsos and kantharos over panther.

Verification Level

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