Karanis / Karanis Hoard 30 / Billon

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.04.2115
Other Number: Haatvedt 818
Type of Number: Catalogue Number
Object Name: Karanis Hoard 30
Lot: University of Michigan excavation (Karanis) Undetermined date
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Coins
Materials: Billon
Quantity: 1
Inscribed: 161
Verbatim Date: 246/247 AD
Unit Grid Number: B0514
Component/Room: 00A
Area: R
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Verbatim Site: Karanis
Denomination: 4234
Authority: 4860
Mint: 2812
Countermark: 161
Coin Obverse Description: Bust Philip I r., laur., wearing palud. and cuirass.
Coin Reverse Description: Alexandria standing facing, head l., wearing cap with brim, turreted, chiton and peplos, holding bust of Serapis in r. hand, resting l. on scepter.
Type Category: 24

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.04.2115
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.04.2115/0000_04_2115

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Full citation: "Karanis; Karanis Hoard 30; Billon." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.04.2115/0000_04_2115. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 08, 2024.