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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1982.100.38
People
Diadumenian, Roman (217-218 CE)
Title
Coin of Gabala under Diadumenian (?)
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
217-218 CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Syria, Gabala (Syria)
Period
Roman Imperial period
Culture
Roman Provincial
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/170403

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
9.26 g
Die Axis
12

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Unpublished? Cf. BMC Pl. XXVIII, 13

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
1982.100.38
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Male bust, r.; head is bare.
Rev.: Cult statue of goddess (Astarte?), veiled, and wearing modius, placed on throne, on the back of which, sphinx and bird, above statue, crescent and star, on each side of statue, sphinx.

Verification Level

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