Seleucia / coin (Seleucia) / Bronze

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 1985.04.0016.001
Object Name: coin (Seleucia)
Lot: University of Michigan Excavations
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Coins
Materials: Bronze
Quantity: 17
Inscribed: 161
Verbatim Date: 280-261 BC
Verbatim Provenance: Iraq
Verbatim Site: Seleucia
Authority: 4330
Countermark: 161
Coin Obverse Description: Head of Apollo right, laurate
Coin Reverse Description: Athena standing right, a thunderbolt in upraised right hand; in left hand, a shield held advanced diagonally. Ends of a folded chlamys hang from her elbows.
Publication Title: Coins from Seleucia on the Tigris
Publication Author: McDowell, Robert H.
Publication Year: 1935
Type Category: 24

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 1985.04.0016.001
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1985.04.0016.001/1985_04_0016_001

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Full citation: "Seleucia; coin (Seleucia); Bronze." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1985.04.0016.001/1985_04_0016_001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 31, 2024.