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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1980.85.265
Title
Coin of Byblos
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
1st century BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Byblos (Phoenicia)
Period
Hellenistic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/175638

Physical Descriptions

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

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
SNG Cop 135; BMC 12

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
1980.85.265
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Bust of Tyche r., wearing turreted crown and veil, over shoulder palm branch, border of dots.
Rev.: Kronos nude, with three pairs of wings (two spread, the third depressed), he stands to front with head l., resting with r. on scepter and wears headdress of feathers (?).

Verification Level

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