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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1997.174
Title
Coin of Laodicea under the Roman Republic
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
2nd-1st century BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Laodikeia ad Lycum (Phrygia)
Period
Roman Republican period
Culture
Roman Provincial
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/212929

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
7.89 g
Die Axis
12

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Purchase from Robert Hecht

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
BMC 41 ; Hesperia XXV #20

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, David M. Robinson Fund
Accession Year
1997
Object Number
1997.174
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Portrait-head (traditional, of Queen Laodice?) r., laureate and draped, wearing earring and necklace; type is overstruck on another with a head in profile.

Verification Level

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