2007.253: Coin of Sardis under Hadrian or the Antonines
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2007.253
- Title
- Coin of Sardis under Hadrian or the Antonines
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 120-150 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Sardis (Lydia)
- Period
- Roman Imperial period, Middle
- Culture
- Roman Provincial
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/27290
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 10.72 g
- Die Axis
- 6
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- Obverse Inscription: ZEYC LYDIOC
- Reverse Inscription: THEA POMH
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
-
Frank L. Kovacs, Purchased from, 1985, Gift to HUAM, 1985.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- BMC p. 246, no. 77
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of David Gordon Mitten in memory of H. Bartlett Wells, Harvard College Class of 1929, and Margareta Viesca Wells
- Accession Year
- 2007
- Object Number
- 2007.253
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obv.: Bearded head of Zeus Lydios to l.
Rev.: Roma seated on a cuirass and shields to l., holding a small Nike in her outstretched r. and a sword in sheath in l.
Verification Level
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