Seleucia / Bronze
About this Item
Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 1985.04.0089.127
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Coins
- Materials
- Bronze
- Quantity
- 94
- Inscribed
- no
- Verbatim Date
- 40/1-45 AD
- Verbatim Provenance
- Iraq
- Verbatim Site
- Seleucia
- Authority
- Vardanes_I
- Countermark
- no
- Coin Obverse Description
- bust of the king left. diademed; hair in 3 formal rows; short beard
- Coin Reverse Description
- A figure completely draped. seated right on a circular seat with a back shaped to represent the neck and head of a swan. the head of the figure is probably bare, although on all coins the top is largely off flan. the right hand lies along the lap. the hand grasping a short upright scepter or staff. the left arm under the folds of the robe is raised towards the face.
- Publication Title
- Coins from Seleucia on the Tigris
- Publication Author
- McDowell, Robert H.
- Publication Year
- 1935
- Type Category
- Numismatic
Technical Details
- Record
- 1985.04.0089.127
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1985.04.0089.127/1985_04_0089_127
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"Seleucia; Bronze." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1985.04.0089.127/1985_04_0089_127. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 03, 2024.