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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
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Descriptions

Description
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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