Seleucia / coin of Seleucus I / Bronze

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 1985.04.0006.001
Object Name: coin of Seleucus I
Lot: University of Michigan Excavations
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Coins
Materials: Bronze
Weight: 3.71
Inscribed: 161
Verbatim Date: 311-280 BC
Verbatim Provenance: Iraq
Verbatim Site: Seleucia
Authority: 4955
Countermark: 161
Coin Obverse Description: Heads of the Dioscuri 3/4 left.
Coin Reverse Description: Nike standing left., crowning a trophy. The left. hand holds a palm over the shoulder.
Publication Title: Coins from Seleucia on the Tigris; Seleucia-on-the-Tigris : An Exhibition of the Excavations at Seleucia, Iraq, by the University of Michigan, 1927-32, 1936-37
Publication Author: McDowell, Robert H.; Savage, Elizabeth (exhibition organizer)
Publication Year: 1935; 1977
Type Category: 24

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 1985.04.0006.001
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1985.04.0006.001/1985_04_0006_001

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Full citation: "Seleucia; coin of Seleucus I; Bronze." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1985.04.0006.001/1985_04_0006_001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 01, 2024.