Karanis / drachm / Bronze

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.04.0842
Other Number: Haatvedt 266
Type of Number: Catalogue Number
Object Name: drachm
Lot: University of Michigan excavation (Karanis) Undetermined date
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Coins
Materials: Bronze
Quantity: 1
Inscribed: no
Verbatim Date: 131/132 AD
Unit Grid Number: B0018
Component/Room: 00A
Area: R
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Verbatim Site: Karanis
Denomination: drachm
Authority: Hadrian
Mint: Alexandria
Countermark: no
Coin Obverse Description: Bust of Hadrian r., laur., wearing palud., cuirass and aegis.
Coin Reverse Description: Nilus seated l. on rocks, crowned with lotus, wearing himation over lower limbs, holding reed and cornucopiae; on rocks, crocodile r.
Type Category: Numismatic

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.04.0842
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.04.0842/0000_04_0842

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Full citation: "Karanis; drachm; Bronze." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.04.0842/0000_04_0842. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 10, 2024.