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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2002.129.56
People
Trajan, Roman (r. 98-117 CE)
Title
Coin of Chalkis under Trajan
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
98-99 CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Syria, Chalkis (Syria)
Period
Roman Imperial period, Middle
Culture
Roman Provincial
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/142226

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
11.51 g
Die Axis
2
Date on Object
Year 1
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Obverse Inscription: ...TPAIANOCAPICTCEBΓEPMΔA
  • Reverse Inscription: ΦΛ XAΛ KIΔEωN A

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Malloy 33, July 1992, 94.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
BMC 3-4

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Townsend-Vermeule Gift
Accession Year
2002
Object Number
2002.129.56
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Bust of Trajan, r., laureate, wearing paludamentum and cuirass.
Rev.: ΦΛ XAΛ KIΔEωN A within laurel wreath.

Verification Level

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