coin / Silver

About this Item

Record Details

Object Identifier: 1991.02.0044
Object Name: coin
Lot: Monks, Dr. George Richard
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Coins
Materials: Silver
Length: ;
Width: ;
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Thickness: ;
Weight: 16.5;16.6 g
Quantity: 1
Pierced: no
Inscribed: no
Artifact Reverse Inscription: CΕΛΑΣ
Verbatim Date: 450-440 BC
Production Site: site
Denomination: tetradrachm
Mint: Gela
Countermark: no
Coin Obverse Description: Slow quadriga right, driven by tall charioteer who leans far forward; above, Nike flying right, crowning the horses
Coin Reverse Description: Fore-part of man-headed bull right, of fine early classical style, with thick wavy beard
Class Title: Readings in Classical Greek Prose; Greek Numismatics/Roman Numismatics (W2022)
Class Instructor: Janko, Richard; Soto-Marin, Irene
Class Department: Greek; CLARCH
Class Number: 401; 632
Class Year: 2011; 2022
Class Semester: Fall; Winter
Type Category: Numismatic

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 1991.02.0044
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1991.02.0044/dsc_0487.jpg

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Full citation: "coin; Silver." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1991.02.0044/dsc_0487.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.