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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1984.811.11
Title
Coin of Sardis
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
before 133 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Sardis (Lydia)
Period
Hellenistic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/181705

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
6.35 g
Die Axis
12
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Reverse Inscription: SINNAROS; SARDIANWN

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
BMC p. 240 no. 34; cf. von. A. nos. 3134-5; D.S. nos. 490-99.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Jerome B. Spier
Accession Year
1984
Object Number
1984.811.11
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Head of beardless Herakles r., laur., lion's skin around neck.
Rev.: Apollo nude standing to front, head l., holding something on outstretched r. hand and wreath in lowered left; all in laurel wreath.

Verification Level

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