Karanis / Coin / Gold
About this Item
Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.04.1002
- Other Number
- Haatvedt 386
- Type of Number
- Catalogue Number
- Object Name
- Coin
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Coins
- Materials
- Gold
- Weight
- 7.33 g
- Quantity
- 1
- Pierced
- no
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- Coin (aureus) from Karanis Hoard 4; reign of Antoninus Pius. Obverse: Head of Antoninus Pius; Reverse: Victory Gold; 1.85 cm dia., 0.3 cm th., 7.33 g (Karanis Revealed, Wilfong).
- Earliest Date
- 156
- Latest Date
- 157
- Verbatim Date
- 156 - 157 AD
- Unit Grid Number
- B0011
- Component/Room
- 00L
- Area
- R
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Verbatim Site
- Karanis
- Production Site
- site
- Denomination
- aureus
- Authority
- Antoninus_Pius
- Mint
- Rome
- Countermark
- no
- Coin Obverse Description
- Bust of Antoninus Pius r., laur.
- Coin Reverse Description
- Victory, winged draped, advancing l., holding wreath in extended r. hand, and palm at shoulder in l.
- Exhibition Title
- Ancient/Modern: The Design of Everyday Things
- Case 22 - Michigan Excavations
- Exhibition Curator
- Encina, Sebastián Enrique
- Wilfong, Terry
- Exhibition Year
- 2014
- 2009
- 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
- The Globalized Ancient World (F2019)
- Class Instructor
- Gibelyou, Cameron
- Tsai, Howard
- Class Department
- University Courses
- INTLSTD
- Class Number
- 300
- 401.010
- Class Year
- 2016
- 2019
- Class Semester
- Winter
- Fall
- Type Category
- Numismatic
Technical Details
- Record
- 0000.04.1002
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.04.1002/dscn8886.jpg
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"Karanis; Coin; Gold." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.04.1002/dscn8886.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.
