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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1974.27.67
Title
Coin of Thessalonike
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
187 BCE-31 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Thessalonike (Macedonia)
Period
Hellenistic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/195920

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
8.34 g
Die Axis
12
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: reverse: QESSAL(O)NIKHS

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
BMC 35; SNG Cop.369

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, A Gift to the Museum from Arthur W. Arundel through the Harvard Fund Council, Class of 1951
Accession Year
1974
Object Number
1974.27.67
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
obverse: Head of Janus, bearded; reverse: Two centaurs prancing back to back; inscription below

Verification Level

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