coin / Silver
About this Item
Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 1991.02.0067
- Object Name
- coin
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Coins
- Materials
- Silver
- Weight
- 17g
- Quantity
- 1
- Inscribed
- no
- Artifact Reverse Inscription
- ΑΘΕ
- Full Artifact Description
- Athenian coin (Athena on obverse). Silver tetradrachm.
- Verbatim Date
- 449 - 413 BC
- Production Site
- site
- Denomination
- tetradrachm
- Mint
- Athens
- Countermark
- yes
- Counterstruck Description
- Yes (obverse)
- Coin Obverse Description
- Archaic head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet, hair drawn across the
- forehead in parallel curves
- Coin Reverse Description
- Owl standing right, head facing, in erect posture; to left, olive twig and crescent
- Exhibition Title
- Animals in the Kelsey: An Undergraduate Exhibit of Animals in the Ancient World
- Case 07 - Greek World
- Exhibition Curator
- Alcock, Susan
- Talalay, Lauren
- Herbert, Sharon C.
- Exhibition Year
- 2009
- Type Category
- Numismatic
Technical Details
- Record
- 1991.02.0067
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1991.02.0067/dscn9204.jpg
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- Full citation
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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-1991.02.0067/dscn9204.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 16, 2024.
