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    "localId": "37850",
    "label": "Coin Depicting an Anonymous King",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/59.793"
}

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    "id": "37850",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/59.793",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Coin Depicting an Anonymous King",
    "description": "The Aksumite Kingdom began to issue coins about AD 270.  Silver and bronze coins were issued for local, everyday use, and generally followed the design of Roman coins with a bust portrait of the ruler in profile on one side.  Aksumite coins were the first in the ancient world to carry the cross as a symbol of the ruler's devotion to the Christian religion.",
    "provenance": "William Wright Gallery, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Knopfelmacher Collection, New York, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1996, by gift.",
    "date": "4th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/59.793",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
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        "coins"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_59.793_Rev_DD_T11.jpg",
    "imageCount": 4,
    "pageCount": 4,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 0.1,
            "height": 1.4
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "1/16 x 9/16 in. (0.1 x 1.4 cm) (d. x diam.)"
}

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    "med": "Silver alloy with traces of gilding",
    "creator_ids": [
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    ],
    "collection_ids": [
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        "NUM"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "1958",
        "955"
    ]
}

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