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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1982.100.54
People
Philip I, the Arab, Roman (r. 244 - 249 CE)
Title
Coin of Heliopolis under Philip I
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
244-249 CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Heliopolis (Syria)
Period
Roman Imperial period
Culture
Roman Provincial
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/170407

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
17.16 g
Die Axis
6
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Obverse Inscription: IMPCAESMIVLPHILIPPVSPIVSFELAG

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
BMC 16

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
1982.100.54
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Bust of Philip I r., laureate, wearing paludamentum and cuirass.
Rev.: Propylaeum of the temple of Jupiter Heliopolitanus. It is approached by a flight of steps flanked at each end by a pedestal, and consists of a portico of twelve columns, flanked at each end by a tower, over the center of the portico is a pediment, and in an arched entrance beneath the pediment a tree (cypress?) is seen, above COLIVLAVGFE IO MH, beneath COL HEL and an altar.

Subjects and Contexts

  • Ancient Coins

Verification Level

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