Coin of Sardis, Lydia | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2011.1.21
Title: Coin of Sardis, Lydia
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 133 BCE - 100 CE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Sardis (Lydia)
Period: Hellenistic period
Culture: Greek
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/336404

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Bronze
Metal: AE
Technique: Struck
Dimensions: 6.82g
Die Axis: 12

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [Colosseum Coin Exchange Inc. Hazlet, NJ]?, sold; to Jane Ayer Scott, Newton MA (by 2008), by inheritance; to her husband Wellington F. Scott III, (2008-2010), gift; to The Harvard Art Museums, 2010.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: Sardis 7, 231

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Wellington F. Scott III in memory of Jane Ayer Scott
Accession Year: 2011
Object Number: 2011.1.21
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obv.: Head of City goddess, veiled and turreted to r.
Rev.: Zeus Lydios standing to l. holding eagle in extended right hand and resting on long scepter with l.

Verification Level

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2011.1.21: Coin of Sardis, Lydia