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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.1965.2670
Title
Shekel of Tyre
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
410-400 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Tyre (Phoenicia)
Period
Classical period, High
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/147873

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
12.3 g
Die Axis
6
Denomination
shekel

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Stacks, NY, AUction 31 October 1941, lot 1850

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Dewing 2670; Elayi (2009) 374 (this coin)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from the Trustees of the Arthur Stone Dewing Greek Numismatic Foundation
Object Number
1.1965.2670
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Deity (Melkart) riding sea-horse to r.; below waves.
Rev.: Owl standing facing with crook and flail.

Verification Level

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