Karanis / Coin / Gold

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.04.1027
Other Number: Haatvedt 401
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: 7.33 g
Quantity: 1
Inscribed: no
Artifact Obverse Inscription: DIVA FAVSTINA
Artifact Reverse Inscription: AVGVS TA
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_for_Diva_Fausti
Mint: Rome
Countermark: no
Coin Obverse Description: Bust of Faustina r., draped; hari waved and coiled on top of head; wearing diadem.
Coin Obverse Inscription: DIVA FAVSTINA
Coin Reverse Description: Fortuna, veiled, draped, standing l., holding patera in extended r. hand, and rudder resting on globe in l,
Inscription Obverse Text: DIVA FAVSTINA
Exhibition Title: Women and Gender in Ancient Egypt: from Prehistory to Late Antiquity
Exhibition Curator: Wilfong, Terry
Type Category: Numismatic

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.04.1027
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.04.1027/dscn0714.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-0000.04.1027/dscn0714.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 30, 2024.