Karanis / coin / Billon / Copper

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.04.2901
Other Number: Haatvedt 949
Type of Number: Catalogue Number
Object Name: coin
Lot: University of Michigan excavation (Karanis) Undetermined date
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Coins
Materials: Billon; Copper
Weight: 10.8 g
Quantity: 1
Pierced: no
Inscribed: no
Earliest Date: 256
Latest Date: 257
Verbatim Date: 256/257 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 cuirass and aegis.
Coin Reverse Description: Eagle l., looking back, wings closed, wreath in beak.
Exhibition Title: Discovery! Excavating the Ancient World
Exhibition Curator: Richards, Janet
Class Title: Readings in Classical Greek Prose
Class Instructor: Janko, Richard
Class Department: Greek
Class Number: 401
Class Year: 2011
Class Semester: Fall
Type Category: Numismatic

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.04.2901
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.04.2901/dsc_1249.jpg

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Full citation: "Karanis; coin; Billon; Copper." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.04.2901/dsc_1249.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 19, 2024.