Seleucia / coin of Seleucus I / Bronze
About this Item
Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 1985.04.0013.001
- Object Name
- coin of Seleucus I
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Coins
- Materials
- Bronze
- Weight
- 3.52
- Quantity
- 1
- Inscribed
- 161
- Verbatim Date
- 311-280 BC
- Verbatim Provenance
- Iraq
- Verbatim Site
- Seleucia
- Authority
- 4955
- Countermark
- 161
- Coin Obverse Description
- Obscure head 3/4 left; partly off flan. The representation is probably Apollo; possibly Medusa
- Coin Reverse Description
- Draped figure, female? standing 3/4 right. The head is largely off flan. The left arm is raised in front, the hand off flan. The right arm extends backward as though hurling an object; hand off flan. The type probably is Athena
- Publication Title
- Coins from Seleucia on the Tigris
- Publication Author
- McDowell, Robert H.
- Publication Year
- 1935
- Type Category
- 24
Technical Details
- Record
- 1985.04.0013.001
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1985.04.0013.001/1985_04_0013_001
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"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-1985.04.0013.001/1985_04_0013_001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 12, 2024.