2005.115.44: 1/16 shekel of Byblos, Phoenicia
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2005.115.44
- Title
- 1/16 shekel of Byblos, Phoenicia
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 336 - 333 BC
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Phoenicia
- Period
- Classical period, Late
- Culture
- Phoenician
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/20703
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 0.77 g
- Denomination
- sixteenth shekel
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Collection of Margarete Bieber: bought from ANcient Coins, Seltman, Staten Island
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Elayi, NC 2010
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Celia and Walter Gilbert, Claude-Claire Grenier, and the Marian H. Phinney Fund
- Accession Year
- 2005
- Object Number
- 2005.115.44
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obv.: Galley
Rev.: Lion attacking bull
Verification Level
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