Karanis / Coin / Gold

About this Item

Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.04.1029
Other Number: Haatvedt 402
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: 7.31 g
Quantity: 1
Inscribed: no
Artifact Obverse Inscription: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA
Artifact Reverse Inscription: AVGVSTI PIIFIL
Verbatim Date: after 145 AD
Unit Grid Number: B0011
Component/Room: 00L
Area: R
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Verbatim Site: Karanis
Denomination: aureus
Authority: Antoninus_Pius_for_Faustina_II
Mint: Rome
Countermark: no
Coin Obverse Description: Bust of Faustina II right, draped; hair waved and coiled on back of head
Coin Obverse Inscription: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA
Coin Reverse Description: Diana,draped, standing left, holding arrow in exyended right hand and bow in left
Inscription Obverse Text: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA
Type Category: Numismatic

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.04.1029
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.04.1029/dscn0718.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-0000.04.1029/dscn0718.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 01, 2024.