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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1980.85.250
Title
Coin of Arados
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
130-129 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Arados (Phoenicia)
Period
Hellenistic period, Late, to Early Roman Imperial
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/182042

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
6.29 g
Die Axis
2

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
SNG Cop 64; BMC 305-309

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
1980.85.250
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 necklace, hair rolled in chignon at back, and falling on nape of neck, behind l. shoulder, palm branch, border of dots.
Rev.: Poseidon, nude to waist, seated l. on prow of galley l., holding wreath in extended r., resting with l. on trident, as figurehead Athena l. fighting with spear (or thunderbolt?) in r., shield on l. arm, above in field Phoenician letters, below date and letter.

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