Coin of Sardis under Tiberius | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2007.260
People: Drusus, Roman (r. 19-23 CE)
Germanicus, Roman (r. 14 - 19 CE)
Issued by Gaius Asinius Pollio (Proconsul 28-29 CE)
Title: Coin of Sardis under Tiberius
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 23-27 CE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Sardis (Lydia)
Period: Roman Imperial period, Early
Culture: Roman Provincial
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/11268

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Bronze

Metal

AE

Technique

Struck

Dimensions

14.38g

Die Axis

12

Inscriptions and Marks

Obverse Inscription: DROYSOS KAI GERMANIKOS KAISARES NEOI THEOI
Reverse Inscription: KOINOY ASIAS; GAIW ASINNIW POLLIWNI

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Frank L. Kovacs, Purchased from, 1994, Gift to HUAM, 1994.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: RPC I, 2995

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of David Gordon Mitten in memory of H. Bartlett Wells, Harvard College Class of 1929, and Margareta Viesca Wells
Accession Year: 2007
Object Number: 2007.260
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obv.: Togate figures of Drusus and Germanicus, seated l. on curule chairs, one holding a lituus.
Rev.: wreath enclosing inscription

Verification Level

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2007.260: Coin of Sardis under Tiberius