Karanis / coin / Billon / Copper

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.06.4716
Other Number: Haatvedt 1437
Type of Number: Catalogue Number
Object Name: coin
Lot: University of Michigan excavation (Karanis)
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Coins
Materials: Billon; Copper
Weight: 7.6g
Quantity: 1
Pierced: no
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Tetradrachm coins of Galerius, pre-form of coinage. Obverse: Bust of Galerius; Reverse: Bust of Serapis. Billion (Karanis Revealed, Wilfong).
Verbatim Date: 295/296 AD
Unit Grid Number: C0418
Component/Room: 00E
Area: R
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Verbatim Site: Karanis
Production Site: site
Denomination: tetradrachm
Authority: Galerius_as_Caesar
Mint: Tripolis
Countermark: no
Coin Obverse Description: Bust of Galerius r., laur., wearing palud. and cuirass.
Coin Reverse Description: Bust of Serapis r., wearing modius decorated with laurel branches.
Publication Title: Coins from Karanis: the University of Michigan Excavations, 1924-1935; Karanis Revealed: Discovering the Past and Present of a Michigan Excavation in Egypt; Death Dogs: The Jackal Gods of Ancient Egypt
Publication Author: Haatvedt, Rolfe and Peterson, Enoch; Wilfong, T.G.
Publication Year: 1964; 2014; 2015
Type Category: Numismatic

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.06.4716
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.06.4716/dscn8896.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-0000.06.4716/dscn8896.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 30, 2024.