Karanis / Coin / Billon / Copper / Silver

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.04.2365
Other Number: Haatvedt 875
Type of Number: Catalogue Number
Object Name: Coin
Lot: University of Michigan Excavations (Karanis)
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Coins
Materials: Billon; Copper; Silver
Weight: 13.3g
Quantity: 1
Inscribed: 161
Full Artifact Description: Coin: Tetradrachm of Philip II. Billon (bronze mixed with silver); 2.4 cm dia.; 13.72 g. Karanis Hoard I (Death Dogs, Wilfong).
Verbatim Date: 246/247 AD
Unit Grid Number: 4028
Component/Room: 00F
Area: R
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Verbatim Site: Karanis
Denomination: 4234
Authority: 4870
Mint: 2812
Countermark: 161
Coin Obverse Description: Bust Philip II r., bare, wearing cuirass and aegis.
Coin Reverse Description: Hermanubis standing r., wearing modius, holding palm and winged caduceus; behind jackal l., looking back.
Exhibition Title: Death Dogs: The Jackal Gods of Ancient Egypt (exhibit)
Exhibition Curator: Wilfong, Terry
Exhibition Year: 2015
Publication Title: Coins from Karanis: the University of Michigan Excavations, 1924-1935; Death Dogs: The Jackal Gods of Ancient Egypt; Karanis, the temples, coin hoards, botanical and zoological reports, seasons 1924-31
Publication Author: Haatvedt, Rolfe and Peterson, Enoch; Wilfong, T.G.; Boak, Arthur E.R.
Publication Year: 1964; 2015; 1933
Type Category: 24

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.04.2365
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.04.2365/dsc_4027.jpg

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Full citation: "Karanis; Coin; Billon; Copper; Silver." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.04.2365/dsc_4027.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 12, 2024.