Karanis / coin / Billon / Copper

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.04.3099
Other Number: Haatvedt 969
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: 13.7 g
Quantity: 1
Inscribed: no
Verbatim Date: 254/255 AD
Unit Grid Number: B0501
Component/Room: 00G
Area: R
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Verbatim Site: Karanis
Denomination: tetradrachm
Authority: Gallienus
Mint: Alexandria
Countermark: no
Coin Obverse Description: Bust of Gallienus r., laur., wearing palud. and cuirass.
Coin Reverse Description: Eagle l., looking back, wings open, wreath in beak.
Exhibition Title: Discovery! Excavating the Ancient World
Exhibition Curator: Richards, Janet
Type Category: Numismatic

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.04.3099
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.04.3099/dsc_1456.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-0000.04.3099/dsc_1456.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.