coin / Copper / Orichalcum

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 1991.02.0385
Object Name: coin
Lot: Monks, Dr. George Richard
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Coins
Materials: Copper; Orichalcum
Weight: 28.75; 28.69g
Quantity: 1
Inscribed: 161
Artifact Obverse Inscription: NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER PM TR P IMP PP
Artifact Reverse Inscription: ANNONA AVGVSTI CERES; SC in ex.
Verbatim Date: 64-68 AD
Denomination: 4215
Authority: 4825
Mint: 3021
Countermark: 161
Coin Obverse Description: Laureate bust of Nero left
Coin Obverse Inscription: NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER PM TR P IMP PP
Coin Reverse Description: Ceres seated left, holding torch and ears of corn; before her stands Annona holding cornucopiae; between them an altar on which is a modius; in the background, the prow of a corn-ship
Inscription Obverse Text: NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER PM TR P IMP PP
Exhibition Title: Ancient/Modern: The Design of Everyday Things
Exhibition Curator: Encina, Sebastián Enrique
Exhibition Year: 2014
Type Category: 24

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 1991.02.0385
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1991.02.0385/dsc_3020.jpg

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Full citation: "coin; Copper; Orichalcum." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1991.02.0385/dsc_3020.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 08, 2024.