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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2005.70
People
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
  • 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
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Descriptions

Description
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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