Karanis / coin / Bronze / Copper

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.04.0096
Other Number: Haatvedt 1
Type of Number: Catalogue Number
Object Name: coin
Lot: University of Michigan excavation (Karanis) Undetermined date
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Coins
Materials: Bronze; Copper
Weight: 3g
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Coin of Ptolemy II Philadelphos. Obverse: head of Ammon; Reverse: eagle on thunderbolt. Bronze; 1.7 cm dia., 0.2 th., 3 g (Karanis Revealed, Wilfong).
Verbatim Date: 271 - 270 BC
Area: Surface
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Verbatim Site: Karanis
Authority: Ptolemy_II_Philadelphus
Mint: Alexandria
Countermark: no
Coin Obverse Description: Head of Zeus Ammon r., with horns and taenia. Border of dots.
Coin Reverse Description: Eagle l. on thunderbolt, wings open. Border of dots
Exhibition Title: Karanis Revealed
Exhibition Curator: Wilfong, Terry
Publication Title: Coins from Karanis: the University of Michigan Excavations, 1924-1935; Karanis Revealed: Discovering the Past and Present of a Michigan Excavation in Egypt
Publication Author: Haatvedt, Rolfe and Peterson, Enoch
Publication Year: 1964; 2014
Class Title: Tours of the Past
Class Instructor: Gibelyou, Cameron
Class Department: University Courses
Class Number: 300
Class Year: 2016
Class Semester: Winter
Type Category: Numismatic

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.04.0096
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.04.0096/dscn8516.jpg

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Full citation: "Karanis; coin; Bronze; Copper." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.04.0096/dscn8516.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 03, 2024.