Object class: Animal motifs / Culture or time period: Classical Civilizations / Accession number: Acc.184 - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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1. Coin: æ

Museum number:: 8-4794
Culture or time period:: Greek Hellenistic Period (323–30 BC)
Object class:: Coins (money), Elephants, and Greek (language)
Function:: 7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:: 223-18 BC
Dimensions:: linear 16 millimeters and weight 3.36 grams
Collector:: Alfred Emerson
Collection place:: Syria
Collection date:: 1905
Person depicted:: Antiochus III (King of Syria)

2. Coin: ar denarius

Museum number:: 8-4677
Culture or time period:: Republic to Empire Transitional Period (49–27 BC)
Object class:: Aurora, Coins (money), Denarii, Horses, and Masks (costume)
Function:: 7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:: 47 BC
Dimensions:: weight 3.79 grams and linear 19 millimeters
Collector:: Alfred Emerson
Collection place:: Rome (modern city), Lazio, Central Italy
Person depicted:: Aurora (Roman deity) and Medusa (Greek deity)