Karanis / coin / Bronze / Copper

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.06.4745
Other Number: Haatvedt 1454
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: Bronze; Copper
Weight: 9.5g
Quantity: 1
Inscribed: no
Artifact Obverse Inscription: IMPCDIOCLETIANVSPFAVG
Artifact Reverse Inscription: GENIOPOPV L IROMANI
Verbatim Date: 284/305 AD
Unit Grid Number: B0188
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Verbatim Site: Karanis
Authority: Diocletian
Mint: Alexandria
Countermark: no
Coin Obverse Description: Head of Diocletian r., laur.
Coin Obverse Inscription: IMPCDIOCLETIANVSPFAVG
Coin Reverse Description: Genius facing, head l., wearing modius, holding patera and cornucopiae.
Inscription Obverse Text: IMPCDIOCLETIANVSPFAVG
Type Category: Numismatic

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.06.4745
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.06.4745/dscn9408.jpg

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Full citation: "Karanis; coin; Bronze; Copper." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.06.4745/dscn9408.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 04, 2024.