2008.2.187: Coin of Gadara
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2008.2.187
- Title
- Coin of Gadara
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 40-39 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Syria, Gadara (Syria)
- Period
- Roman Republican period
- Culture
- Roman Provincial
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/322981
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
-
3 g
1.7 cm (11/16 in.) - Die Axis
- 12
- Date on Object
- 25
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- Reverse Inscription: GADA REWN L EK
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Hirsh Zvi Griliches, Cambridge, MA (before 1999); [1] to Diane Asséo Griliches, his wife, (1999-2008), sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2008.
Notes:
[1] Hirsh Zvi Griliches (1930-1999) acquired the work at an unknown date before his death in 1999.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Meshorer, ACNAC 8, 8
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund and purchase through the generosity of the Estate of Leo Mildenberg
- Accession Year
- 2008
- Object Number
- 2008.2.187
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obv.: veiled head of Tyche r., above shoulder, palm branch
Rev.: cornucopia, around Greek inscription and date
Verification Level
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