2003.130: Tetradrachm of Abyatha, Gerrha?
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2003.130
- People
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Abyatha
- Title
- Tetradrachm of Abyatha, Gerrha?
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 250-240 BCE
- Period
- Hellenistic period, Middle
- Culture
- Near Eastern
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/71080
Location
- Location
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Level 3, Room 3440, Ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Art, Ancient Middle Eastern Art in the Service of Kings
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Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 16.92 g
- Die Axis
- 11
- Denomination
- tetradrachm
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Freeman & Sear, Mail Bid Sale 9, July 16, 2003, lot 182
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Marian H. Phinney Fund
- Accession Year
- 2003
- Object Number
- 2003.130
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: head of Herakles wearing lion's skin to r.
Rev.: Zeus/Shams seated on throne to l., holding pipe instead of eagle in his right hand and resting his left on a long sceptre. South-Arabian inscription with the name of Abyatha.
Publication History
- Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums Annual Report 2003-2004 (Cambridge, MA, 2005), p. 23.
Exhibition History
- Gods in Color: Painted Sculpture of Classical Antiquity, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/22/2007 - 01/20/2008
- 32Q: 3440 Middle East, Harvard Art Museums, 11/16/2014 - 01/01/2050
Verification Level
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