Karanis / coin / Bronze / Copper

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.04.0389
Other Number: Haatvedt 53
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: 15g
Quantity: 1
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Coin of Augustus Caesar. Obverse: head of Augustus; Reverse: eagle on thunderbolt. Bronze; 1.9 cm dia., 0.3 cm th., 4 g (Karanis Revealed, Wilfong).
Verbatim Date: 30 BC - 14 AD
Area: Surface
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Verbatim Site: Karanis
Denomination: 80_drachmai
Authority: Augustus
Mint: Alexandria
Countermark: no
Coin Obverse Description: Head of Augustus r., bare.
Coin Reverse Description: Eagle l. on thunderbolt, wings closed; in front, cornucopiae.
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; Monete imperiale greche. Numi Augg.Alexandrini Catalogo della Collezione G. Dattari Compilato dal Proprietario, Vol. 1 (Text) & Vol. 2 (Plates)
Publication Author: Haatvedt, Rolfe and Peterson, Enoch; Dattari, Giannino
Publication Year: 1964; 2014; 1969 (reprint)
Type Category: Numismatic

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.04.0389
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.04.0389/dscn8512.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-0000.04.0389/dscn8512.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 20, 2024.