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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1980.86.179
Title
Coin of Hierapolis-Kastabala
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
175-164 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Hierapolis-Kastabala (Cilicia)
Period
Hellenistic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/175449

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
6.43 g
Die Axis
12
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Reverse Inscription: IEPOΠOΛITΩN TΩN ΠPOΣ TΩI ΠVPAMΩI THΣ IEPAΣ KAI AΣVΛOV

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
SNG Lev 1571; SNG von Aul 5568

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of H. Bartlett Wells, Class of 1929
Accession Year
1980
Object Number
1980.86.179
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Bust of city goddess r., monogram.
Rev.: Goddess seated l., wearing kalathos, holding small scepter, at r. palm branch or pine tree.

Verification Level

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