Karanis / Coin / Gold

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.04.1005
Other Number: Haatvedt 387
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: Gold
Weight: 7.32 g
Quantity: 1
Inscribed: no
Verbatim Date: 156/157 AD
Unit Grid Number: B0011
Component/Room: 00L
Area: R
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Verbatim Site: Karanis
Denomination: aureus
Authority: Antoninus_Pius
Mint: Rome
Countermark: no
Coin Obverse Description: Bust of Antoninus Pius r., laur., l. shoulder draped.
Coin Reverse Description: Victory winged, draped, advancing l., holding wreath in extended r. hand, and palm at shoulder in l.
Exhibition Title: Case 22 - Michigan Excavations
Exhibition Curator: Wilfong, Terry
Exhibition Year: 2009
Type Category: Numismatic

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.04.1005
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.04.1005/dscn0684.jpg

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Full citation: "Karanis; Coin; Gold." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.04.1005/dscn0684.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.