Object Title
Coin of Sardis, Lydia
Measurements
6.82g
Creation Date
300-200
Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Wellington F. Scott, III, in memory of Jane Ayer
Museum Name
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/art/336404
Provenance Information
[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.
Exhibition Information
No information available
Publication Information
No information available
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Cumulative facts and circumstances
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
These common Roman provincial coins were struck in large quantities under the Roman Empire and circulated all over Asia Minor. They tend to be inadequately illustrated in sales catalogues making it difficult to trace a particular specimen.