Your Collection

Add this item to your collection
Harvard Art Museums
Incorrect Username, Email, or Password
This object does not yet have a description.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1997.260.389
People
Hadrian, Roman (r. 117-138 CE)
Antoninus Pius, Roman (r. 138 - 161 CE)
Title
Coin of Hierapolis, perhaps of Hadrian and Antoninus?
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
2nd century CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Hierapolis (Phrygia)
Period
Roman Imperial period
Culture
Roman Provincial
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/212397

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
15.86 g

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Gift of Richard Wells

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
cf. K1. As.Munzen 524

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Estate of H. Bartlett Wells
Accession Year
1997
Object Number
1997.260.389
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
Permissions

The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request.

Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Profile bust of emperor, with a counter-mark.
Reverse: Seated god?

Verification Level

This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu