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Coin of Sardis under the Romans

Obv.: Head of beardless Herakles r., with lion's skin around neck. Rev.: Apollo, nude, standing to l., holding a bird in his outstretched r. hand and in l. a laurel branch.

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Jonathan H. Kagan

189-133 BCE 2nd century BCE Hellenistic period -189 -133

Greek

Title: Coin of Sardis under the Romans

Description:

Obv.

: Head of beardless Herakles r.

, with lion's skin around neck.

Rev.

: Apollo, nude, standing to l.

, holding a bird in his outstretched r.

hand and in l.

a laurel branch.

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Obv.: Bearded male figures (Demos of Pergamon, Demos of Sardis) in himatia, standing, facing each other. One is crowning with r. hand the other, standing on l., with arms wrapped i...