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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1980.85.197
Title
Coin of Apamea
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
1st century BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Apameia ad Orontem (Syria)
Period
Seleucid period
Culture
Seleucid
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/185466

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
9.21 g
Die Axis
12
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Reverse Inscription: AΠAMEΩN THΣIEPAΣ KAIAΣYΛOY

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
BMC 9?

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
1980.85.197
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Head of young Dionysos r., wreathed with ivy, border of dots.
Rev.: Thyrsos, in field ΓΠΣ, in ex. AN.

Verification Level

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