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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1980.85.280
People
Berenike II, Greek (r. 246 - 220 BCE)
Title
Coin of Marathos with Head of Berenike II of Egypt
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
187-186 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Marathos (Phoenicia)
Period
Hellenistic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/175749

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
9.82 g
Die Axis
1

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
BMC 3

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
1980.85.280
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Veiled female head r. (Berenice II?), border of dots.
Rev.: Marathos, beardless, with drapery about middle of the body and over l. arm, standing l., holding in r. aphlaston, resting l. elbow on column, on r. downwards name of mint, on l. upwards date, across field mint letters, border of dots.

Verification Level

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