coin / Silver
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Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 1991.02.0025
- Object Name
- coin
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Coins
- Materials
- Silver
- Length
- ;
- Width
- ;
- Height
- ;
- Thickness
- ;
- Weight
- 16.9;17.0 g
- Quantity
- 1
- Pierced
- no
- Inscribed
- no
- Artifact Reverse Inscription
- ΒΑΣΙΑΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧ[ΟΥ]
- Earliest Date
- 297 BCE
- Latest Date
- 281 BCE
- Verbatim Date
- 297-281 BC
- Production Site
- site
- Denomination
- tetradrachm
- Authority
- Lysimachus
- Mint
- Thrace
- Countermark
- no
- Coin Obverse Description
- Diademed head of Alexander III the Great, wearing horn of Ammon
- Coin Reverse Description
- Athena seated left, holding Nike and resting left arm on shield, transverse spear resting against her right side; Nike is crowning king’s name. Caduceus in field left, monogram to right.
- Publication Title
- Greek Coins and Their Values, Vol. 2: Asia and North Africa
- Publication Author
- Sear, David R.
- Publication Year
- 1979
- Class Title
- Readings in Classical Greek Prose
- Inscribing Power: Language and Writing in the Ancient World (F2018)
- The Rise and Fall of Mediterranean Civilizations (F2018)
- The Rise and Fall of Mediterranean Civilizations (F2019)
- Elementary Greek (F2022)
- The Rise and Fall of Mediterranean Civilizations (F2023)
- MSU Classical Society (W2024)
- Class Instructor
- Janko, Richard
- Crisostomo, Jay
- Galaty, Michael
- Forsdyke, Sara
- Class Department
- Greek
- MIDEAST
- ANTHRARCH
- GREEK
- ANTHRARC
- Class Number
- 401
- 291.001
- 287
- 101.001
- Class Year
- 2011
- 2018
- 2019
- 2022
- 2023
- 2024
- Class Semester
- Fall
- Winter
- Type Category
- Numismatic
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2272 x 1704
- File Size
- 165 KB
- Record
- 1991.02.0025
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1991.02.0025/1991_02_0025p02.tif
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/manifest/kelsey:1991.02.0025:1991_02_0025P02.TIF
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"coin; Silver." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1991.02.0025/1991_02_0025p02.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.