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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2007.262
People
Trajan, Roman (r. 98-117 CE)
Title
Tetradrachm of Tarsos under Trajan
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
98-117 CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Tarsos (Cilicia)
Period
Roman Imperial period
Culture
Roman Provincial
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/319151

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Die Axis
5
Denomination
tetradrachm
Date on Object
years 103-111
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Obverse Inscription: AVTOKP KAIΣ TPAIANOΣ ΣEBA ΓEPM ΔAKIK
  • Reverse Inscription: ΔHMAPX E VΠAT E ΠΠ MHTPOΠOΛEΩΣ

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Jeffrey Spier, purchased, 1980, sold to David Mitten, 1980.
David Mitten, gift to HUAM.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
SNG Lev 992; SNG Paris 1391

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of David Gordon Mitten in memory of Wendell and Margaret Clausen
Accession Year
2007
Object Number
2007.262
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Head of Trajan r., laureate.
Rev.: City goddess seared on rock r., holding palm branch, at her feet river god Kydnos swimming, monogram.

Verification Level

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