Karanis / Karanis Hoard 32 / Billon

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.04.1048
Other Number: Haatvedt 419
Type of Number: Catalogue Number
Object Name: Karanis Hoard 32
Lot: University of Michigan excavation (Karanis) Undetermined date
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Coins
Materials: Billon
Quantity: 1
Inscribed: no
Verbatim Date: 176/177 AD
Unit Grid Number: C0414
Component/Room: 00F
Area: R
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Verbatim Site: Karanis
Denomination: tetradrachm
Authority: Marcus_Aurelius_as_Augustus
Mint: Alexandria
Countermark: no
Coin Obverse Description: Bust of Marcus Aurelius r., laur.
Coin Reverse Description: Serapis seated l., wearing modius, holding scepter in l. hand, r. hand extended over Kerberos at his feet.
Publication Title: Monete imperiale greche. Numi Augg.Alexandrini Catalogo della Collezione G. Dattari Compilato dal Proprietario, Vol. 1 (Text) & Vol. 2 (Plates)
Publication Author: Dattari, Giannino
Publication Year: 1969 (reprint)
Type Category: Numismatic

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.04.1048
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.04.1048/0000_04_1048

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Full citation: "Karanis; Karanis Hoard 32; Billon." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.04.1048/0000_04_1048. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.