Karanis / Karanis Hoard 17 / Billon

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.04.2632
Other Number: Haatvedt 925
Type of Number: Catalogue Number
Object Name: Karanis Hoard 17
Lot: University of Michigan excavation (Karanis) Undetermined date
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Coins
Materials: Billon
Quantity: 1
Inscribed: no
Verbatim Date: 253/253 AD
Unit Grid Number: B0501
Component/Room: 00G
Area: R
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Verbatim Site: Karanis
Denomination: tetradrachm
Authority: Valerian_I
Mint: Alexandria
Countermark: no
Coin Obverse Description: Bust Valerian r., laur., wearing palud. and cuirass.
Coin Reverse Description: Elpis standing l., holding flower and raising skirt of chiton.
Type Category: Numismatic

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.04.2632
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.04.2632/0000_04_2632

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Full citation: "Karanis; Karanis Hoard 17; Billon." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.04.2632/0000_04_2632. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 06, 2024.