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Coin of Tyre under Julia Maesa
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Obv.: Bust of Julia Maesa, r., draped and wearing stephane.
Rev.: Representation of Dido building the walls of Carthage: she stands facing before the gate of the city, holding scepter and rule; at left, a mason works on the top of the gate; beneath, a man digs to r.; in center field, a murex shell; at r., a palm tree?
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Schweizerische Kreditanstalt Bern 2 (1984) nr.550
M&M Deutschland Auktion 11 7-8 November 2002 lot 181
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum David M. Robinson Fund
Title: Coin of Tyre under Julia Maesa
Description:
Obv.
: Bust of Julia Maesa, r.
, draped and wearing stephane.
Rev.
: Representation of Dido building the walls of Carthage: she stands facing before the gate of the city, holding scepter and rule; at left, a mason works on the top of the gate; beneath, a man digs to r.
; in center field, a murex shell; at r.
, a palm tree?.
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