Karanis / Karanis Hoard 34 / Billon

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.04.4408
Other Number: Haatvedt 1120
Type of Number: Catalogue Number
Object Name: Karanis Hoard 34
Lot: University of Michigan excavation (Karanis) Undetermined date
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Coins
Materials: Billon
Quantity: 1
Inscribed: no
Verbatim Date: 275/276 AD
Unit Grid Number: C0418
Component/Room: 00E
Area: R
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Verbatim Site: Karanis
Denomination: tetradrachm
Authority: Probus
Mint: Alexandria
Countermark: no
Coin Obverse Description: Bust Probus r., laur., wearing palud. and cuirass; variant: cuirass only.
Coin Reverse Description: Dikaiosyne standing l., holding scales and cornucopiae.
Type Category: Numismatic

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.04.4408
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.04.4408/0000_04_4408

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Full citation: "Karanis; Karanis Hoard 34; Billon." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.04.4408/0000_04_4408. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024.