- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 2002.282.6
- People
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Vespasian, Roman (r. 69-79 CE)
Koinon of Cyprus
- Title
- Tetradrachm of Cyprus under Vespasian
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 75-76 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Cyprus
- Period
- Roman Imperial period, Early
- Culture
- Roman Provincial
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/97585
- Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 12.91 g
- Die Axis
- 12
- Denomination
- tetradrachm
- Date on Object
- H (Year 8)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΟΥΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟC ΚΑΙΣΑΡ
- Reverse Inscription: ΕΤΟΥC ΝΕΟΥ ΙΕΡΟΥ; in exergue: Η
- Provenance
- Weber 762a; J. Ward Collection and MMA, New York
Sotheby, Zurich, Auktion J. Ward Coll. II (1973) lot 652
M&M Deutschland, Auktion 11, 7-8 November 2002, lot 141 - State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
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- Standard Reference Number
- RPC II, 1803; BMC p. 77 no. 18; Cf. JHS ix p.20
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, David M. Robinson Fund
- Accession Year
- 2002
- Object Number
- 2002.282.6
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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- Descriptions
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- Description
- Obverse: Bust of Vespasian, l., laureate; at lower left, countermark.
Rev.: Temple of Aphrodite of Paphos: two cross-beams joining the central columns; at the sides, two low-roofed wings, each divided vertically into two portions, the inner open, the outer closed for half its height; within the central space, a flat-topped, cone-shaped sacred baetyl stone; in exergue H (=Year 8).
- Subjects and Contexts
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Ancient Coins
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