Seleucia / Silver

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 1985.04.0087.005
Lot: University of Michigan Excavations
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Coins
Materials: Silver
Quantity: 6
Inscribed: 161
Verbatim Date: 40/1-45 AD
Verbatim Provenance: Iraq
Verbatim Site: Seleucia
Authority: 5044
Countermark: 161
Coin Obverse Description: King's bust left., diademed; hair in 4 formal rows; short beard. On one coin a star appears on the tunic. Border of dots.
Coin Reverse Description: King seated right. on throne w/ a back, receiving a palm frond from Tyche standing left. Head of Tyche appears to be bare; a cornucopiae is held in left. arm.
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: 1985.04.0087.005
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1985.04.0087.005/1985_04_0087_005

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Full citation: "Seleucia; Silver." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1985.04.0087.005/1985_04_0087_005. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 31, 2024.