tetradrachm / Billon

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.08.2294
Other Number: 05337
Type of Number: PV_NUMBER
Object Name: tetradrachm
Lot: Dattari, Giannino
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Coins
Materials: Billon
Weight: 7.01
Quantity: 1
Inscribed: no
Artifact Obverse Inscription: AKMOVAMAΞIMΙANOC[CEB]
Artifact Reverse Inscription: in field, L - A
Verbatim Date: 286 AD
Denomination: tetradrachm
Authority: Maximian
Mint: Alexandria
Countermark: no
Coin Obverse Description: Bust of Maximian right, laureate, draped and cuirassed
Coin Obverse Inscription: AKMOVAMAΞIMΙANOC[CEB]
Coin Reverse Description: Homonoia standing left, right arm raised, in left hand a double cornucopiae; in front, star (*)
Inscription Obverse Text: AKMOVAMAΞIMΙANOC[CEB]
Publication Title: Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins; A Catalogue of Greek Coins in the British Museum, Vol. 15: Alexandria and the Nomes; Monete imperiale greche. Numi Augg.Alexandrini Catalogo della Collezione G. Dattari Compilato dal Proprietario, Vol. 1 (Text) & Vol. 2 (Plates)
Publication Author: Milne, J.G.; Dattari, Giannino
Publication Year: 1933; 1964 (reprint); 1969 (reprint)
Type Category: Numismatic

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.08.2294
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.08.2294/0000_08_2294

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