1982.100.50: Coin of Damascus under Philip I
Coins
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1982.100.50
- People
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Philip I, the Arab, Roman (r. 244 - 249 CE)
- Title
- Coin of Damascus under Philip I
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 244-249 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Damascus (Syria)
- Period
- Roman Imperial period, Late
- Culture
- Roman Provincial
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/170405
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 16.37 g
- Die Axis
- 1
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- Obverse Inscription: IMPCMIVLPHILIPPVSPIO FELAVG
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Cohen 322-3 var.; cf. BMC 22 (obv.), 20 (rev.)
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
- 1982.100.50
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obv.: Bust of Philip l., laureate.
Rev.: River god (Chrysoroas) reclining l., holding two ears of grain and cornucopiae; behind, an inverted vessel from which flows water or wine.
Verification Level
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