2005.70: Coin of Tarsos under Tranquillina
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2005.70
- People
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Tranquillina
- Title
- Coin of Tarsos under Tranquillina
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 241-244 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Tarsos (Cilicia)
- Period
- Roman Imperial period, Late
- Culture
- Roman Provincial
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/50294
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 14.67 g
- Die Axis
- 6
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: CABEINIAN TPANKVΛΛEINAN CEB
- Reverse Inscription: TAPCOV MHTPOΠOΛEΩC AMK ΓB
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- SNG Lev 1149; SNG Paris 1724; SNG von Aul 6056
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Cornelius C. Vermeule, III
- Accession Year
- 2005
- Object Number
- 2005.70
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: Bust of Tranquillina, r., with crescents at shoulders, wearing stephane.
Rev.: Dionysos standing to front, head l., holding a kantharos in r. hand and thyrsos in l.; at r. foot, a panther.
Verification Level
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