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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1982.100.122
Title
Coin of Cossyra
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
217-146 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa, Cossura
Period
Hellenistic period
Culture
Punic
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/140933

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
8.99 g
Die Axis
12
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Reverse Inscription: Punic legend: 'YRNM

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Bought from Seaby about 1956.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
SNG Cop 447

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of H. Bartlett Wells, Class of 1929
Accession Year
1982
Object Number
1982.100.122
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Head of Isis, r. (without disk and horns), dotted border.
Rev.: Wreath containing Punic legend.

Verification Level

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