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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1981.74.44
Title
Coin of Sardis
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
after 133 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Sardis (Lydia)
Period
Hellenistic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/183297

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
7.73 g
Die Axis
12
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Reverse Inscription: SARDIANWN; AS..KRITOY HRAKLEWS

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
SNG von Aul. 3131; Cf. BMC p.212 no. 53

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of H. Bartlett Wells, Class of 1929
Accession Year
1981
Object Number
1981.74.44
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Bust of Artemis, r., with hair tied in knot behind her head and bow and quiver at back.
Rev.: Athena, in long girdled chiton, standing l., helmeted, with shield and spear behind her and holding Nike on outstretched r. hand.

Verification Level

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