Karanis / coin / Billon / Copper
About this Item
Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.06.4716
- Other Number
- Haatvedt 1437
- Type of Number
- Catalogue Number
- Object Name
- coin
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Coins
- 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
- Record
- 0000.06.4716
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.06.4716/dscn8896.jpg
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"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 May 21, 2024.