Kelsey Museum of Archaeology: Karanis

Accession Number: 0000.04.1303
Site: Karanis
Function 1: Coin
Function 2: Karanis Hoard 30
Material: Billon
Source: University of Michigan Excavations
Provenance: Egypt
Date: 224/225 AD
Type: Roman
Coin Obverse: Bust of Severus Alexander r., laur., wearing palud., cuirass and aegis.
Coin Reverse: Dikaiosyne standing l., holding scales and cornucopiae.
Coin Denomination: tetradrachm
Coin Find Spot: Karanis
Coin Mint: Alexandria
Coin Authority: Severus Alexander
Excavation Field Number: 33-B514A-S
Excavation Unit: B0514
Excavation Locus: R

Karanis