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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1976.79.204
Title
Coin of Gades
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
206 BCE-45 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Hispania, Gades (Hispania)
Period
Hellenistic period
Culture
Iberian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/196175

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
4.18 g
Die Axis
9

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
DCyP p. 150. 34 ; CNH 89, 58-59

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Unspecified Collection
Accession Year
1976
Object Number
1976.79.204
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Head of Melkart/Herakles wearing lion's skin to l.; in front club.
Rev.: Two tunny fish swimming to l.; between their heads crescent and letter aleph

Verification Level

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