coin / Billon / Bronze

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.08.1863
Other Number: 05949
Type of Number: PV_NUMBER
Object Name: coin
Lot: Dattari, Giannino
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Coins
Materials: Billon; Bronze
Weight: 11.06
Quantity: 1
Inscribed: no
Artifact Obverse Inscription: [AKAIM]AAYPCEYAΛΕΞΑ[ΝΔΡΟCEY]
Artifact Reverse Inscription: in front, LS
Verbatim Date: 256-257 AD
Denomination: tetradrachm
Authority: Severus_Alexander_as_Augustus
Mint: Alexandria
Countermark: no
Coin Obverse Description: Bust of Severus Alexander right, laureate, draped and cuirassed, seen from behind
Coin Obverse Inscription: [AKAIM]AAYPCEYAΛΕΞΑ[ΝΔΡΟCEY]
Coin Reverse Description: Nilus recumbent left, crowned with lotus, holding reed and cornucopiae, from which emerges little genius left, holding wreath to Nilus
Inscription Obverse Text: [AKAIM]AAYPCEYAΛΕΞΑ[ΝΔΡΟCEY]
Publication Title: A Catalogue of Greek Coins in the British Museum, Vol. 15: Alexandria and the Nomes; Monete imperiale greche. Numi Augg.Alexandrini Catalogo della Collezione G. Dattari Compilato dal Proprietario, Vol. 1 (Text) & Vol. 2 (Plates)
Publication Author: Dattari, Giannino
Publication Year: 1964 (reprint); 1969 (reprint)
Type Category: Numismatic

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.08.1863
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.08.1863/0000_08_1863

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Full citation: "coin; Billon; Bronze." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.08.1863/0000_08_1863. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.