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Coin of Arados
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Obv.: Bust of Tyche r., wearing turreted crown and necklace, hair rolled in chignon at back, and falling on nape of neck, behind l. shoulder, palm branch, border of dots.
Rev.: Poseidon, nude to waist, seated l. on prow of galley l., holding wreath in extended r., resting with l. on trident, as figurehead Athena l. fighting with spear (or thunderbolt?) in r., shield on l. arm, above in field Phoenician letters, below date and letter.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of H. Bartlett Wells Class of 1929
Title: Coin of Arados
Description:
Obv.
: Bust of Tyche r.
, wearing turreted crown and necklace, hair rolled in chignon at back, and falling on nape of neck, behind l.
shoulder, palm branch, border of dots.
Rev.
: Poseidon, nude to waist, seated l.
on prow of galley l.
, holding wreath in extended r.
, resting with l.
on trident, as figurehead Athena l.
fighting with spear (or thunderbolt?) in r.
, shield on l.
arm, above in field Phoenician letters, below date and letter.
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