2011.1.21: Coin of Sardis, Lydia
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2011.1.21
- Title
- Coin of Sardis, Lydia
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 133 BCE - 100 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Sardis (Lydia)
- Period
- Hellenistic period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/336404
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 6.82g
- Die Axis
- 12
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- [Colosseum Coin Exchange Inc. Hazlet, NJ]?, sold; to Jane Ayer Scott, Newton MA (by 2008), by inheritance; to her husband Wellington F. Scott III, (2008-2010), gift; to The Harvard Art Museums, 2010.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Sardis 7, 231
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Wellington F. Scott III in memory of Jane Ayer Scott
- Accession Year
- 2011
- Object Number
- 2011.1.21
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: Head of City goddess, veiled and turreted to r.
Rev.: Zeus Lydios standing to l. holding eagle in extended right hand and resting on long scepter with l.
Verification Level
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