Karanis / Karanis Hoard 32 / Billon

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.04.1423
Other Number: Haatvedt 578
Type of Number: Catalogue Number
Object Name: Karanis Hoard 32
Lot: University of Michigan excavation (Karanis) Undetermined date
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Coins
Materials: Billon
Quantity: 1
Inscribed: no
Verbatim Date: 233/234 AD
Unit Grid Number: C0414
Component/Room: 00F
Area: R
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Verbatim Site: Karanis
Denomination: tetradrachm
Authority: Severus_Alexander_as_Augustus
Mint: Alexandria
Countermark: no
Coin Obverse Description: Bust of Severus Alexander r., laur., wearing palud., cuirass and aegis.
Coin Reverse Description: Asklepios standing l., holding patera over altar in r., serpent- staff in l.
Type Category: Numismatic

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.04.1423
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.04.1423/0000_04_1423

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Full citation: "Karanis; Karanis Hoard 32; Billon." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.04.1423/0000_04_1423. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.