Karanis / Bronze

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.04.0315
Other Number: Haatvedt 34
Type of Number: Catalogue Number
Lot: University of Michigan excavation (Karanis) Undetermined date
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Coins
Materials: Bronze
Quantity: 1
Inscribed: no
Verbatim Date: after 169 BC
Area: Surface
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Verbatim Site: Karanis
Authority: Ptolemy_VI_Philometor_and_Ptol
Mint: Alexandria
Countermark: no
Coin Obverse Description: Head of Zeus Ammon r., with horns and taenia. Border of dots.
Coin Reverse Description: Two eagles l., on thunderbolt, wings closed; in front, cornucopiae. Border of dots.
Type Category: Numismatic

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.04.0315
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.04.0315/0000_04_0315

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Full citation: "Karanis; Bronze." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.04.0315/0000_04_0315. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 16, 2024.