1980.85.214: Coin of Laodikeia ad Mare under Elagabalus
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1980.85.214
- People
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Elagabalus, Roman (r. 218 - 222 CE)
- Title
- Coin of Laodikeia ad Mare under Elagabalus
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 218-222 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Laodikeia ad Mare (Syria)
- Period
- Roman Imperial period
- Culture
- Roman Provincial
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/185714
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 9.4 g
- Die Axis
- 12
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: IMPCMAVRANTONINVS
- Reverse Inscription: LAVDICEON
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- BMC 105-108; Hunter 43-45
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
- 1980.85.214
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: Head of Egalabus r., radiate.
Rev.: Two wrestlers facing one another and clasping hands, the wrestler on l. grasps the shoulder of his antagonist, in ex. ΔE.
Verification Level
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