Karanis / coin / Bronze / Copper

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.04.0377
Other Number: Haatvedt 51
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: 4g
Quantity: 1
Inscribed: no
Verbatim Date: 86-84 BC
Area: Surface
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Verbatim Site: Karanis
Authority: Ptolemy_IX_Soter_II
Countermark: no
Coin Obverse Description: Barbarous head of Ammon r.
Coin Reverse Description: Two eagles l. on thunderbolt, wings closed. Very crude.
Exhibition Title: Karanis Revealed
Exhibition Curator: Wilfong, Terry
Publication Title: Coins from Karanis: the University of Michigan Excavations, 1924-1935
Publication Author: Haatvedt, Rolfe and Peterson, Enoch
Publication Year: 1964
Type Category: Numismatic

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.04.0377
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.04.0377/dscn8524.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-0000.04.0377/dscn8524.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024.