tetradrachm / Billon

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.02.7614
Other Number: 00928
Type of Number: PV_NUMBER
Object Name: tetradrachm
Lot: Richards, Dr. Abram E.
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Coins
Materials: Billon
Quantity: 1
Inscribed: no
Artifact Obverse Inscription: AVT K Γ ME KY TPAIANOC ΔΕΚΙΟC CEB
Artifact Reverse Inscription: DHMAPX EΞOYCIAC; SC in ex.
Verbatim Date: 249-251 AD
Denomination: tetradrachm
Authority: Trajan_Decius
Mint: Antioch
Countermark: no
Coin Obverse Description: Bust of Trajan Decius right, laureate, wearing paludamentum and cuirass. (Below, pellet?)
Coin Obverse Inscription: AVT K Γ ME KY TPAIANOC ΔΕΚΙΟC CEB
Coin Reverse Description: Eagle standing on palm branch, head left, holding wreath in beak.
Inscription Obverse Text: AVT K Γ ME KY TPAIANOC ΔΕΚΙΟC CEB
Type Category: Numismatic

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.02.7614
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.02.7614/0000_02_7614

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Full citation: "tetradrachm; Billon." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.02.7614/0000_02_7614. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024.