Karanis / Karanis Hoard 02 / Bronze

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.06.5330
Other Number: Haatvedt 1645
Type of Number: Catalogue Number
Object Name: Karanis Hoard 02
Lot: University of Michigan excavation (Karanis) Undetermined date
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Coins
Materials: Bronze
Quantity: 1
Inscribed: no
Artifact Obverse Inscription: DNGRATIA NVSPFAVG
Artifact Reverse Inscription: SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE
Verbatim Date: 383 AD
Unit Grid Number: 0137
Component/Room: 00D
Area: R
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Verbatim Site: Karanis
Authority: Gratian
Mint: Antioch
Countermark: no
Coin Obverse Description: Bust of Gratian r., wearing pearl diadem, draped
Coin Obverse Inscription: DNGRATIA NVSPFAVG
Coin Reverse Description: Laurel wreath
Inscription Obverse Text: DNGRATIA NVSPFAVG
Publication Title: Karanis, the temples, coin hoards, botanical and zoological reports, seasons 1924-31
Publication Author: Boak, Arthur E.R.
Publication Year: 1933
Type Category: Numismatic

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.06.5330
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.06.5330/0000_06_5330

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Full citation: "Karanis; Karanis Hoard 02; Bronze." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.06.5330/0000_06_5330. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.