tetradrachm / Billon

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.08.1942
Other Number: 05002
Type of Number: PV_NUMBER
Object Name: tetradrachm
Lot: Dattari, Giannino
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Coins
Materials: Billon
Weight: 12.73
Quantity: 1
Inscribed: no
Artifact Obverse Inscription: AKMANTΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟCEV
Artifact Reverse Inscription: in front, LS
Verbatim Date: 242-243 AD
Denomination: tetradrachm
Authority: Gordian_III_as_Augustus
Mint: Alexandria
Countermark: no
Coin Obverse Description: Bust of Gordian III right, laureate and cuirassed, with aegis
Coin Obverse Inscription: AKMANTΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟCEV
Coin Reverse Description: Tyche standing left, wearing modius and holding rudder and cornucopiae
Inscription Obverse Text: AKMANTΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟCEV
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: 0000.08.1942
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.08.1942/0000_08_1942

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Full citation: "tetradrachm; Billon." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.08.1942/0000_08_1942. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 01, 2024.