Coin: billon

Museum number:
8-7873
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080007873
Alternate number:
8-5673b (previous museum number (recataloged from))
Accession number:
Acc.908
Description:
Coin; Billon; Greek. 19 mm. Diocletian. 287-288 AD. Alexandria. Obverse: ΑΚΓΟVΑ ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟC CΕΒ Bust facing right, laureate. Reverse: Nike advancing right. In left field L; in right field Δ.
Donor:
Mary W. Knight
Collection place:
Alexandria, Lower Egypt
Production place:
Alexandria, Lower Egypt
Culture or time period:
Diocletian and the Tetrarchy (285–313 AD)
Collector:
H. M. Holbrook
Materials:
Billon
Person depicted:
Diocletian (Emperor of Rome) and Nike (Greek diety)
Inscription:
ΑΚΓΟVΑ ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟC CΕΒ and Δ
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
284-305 AD
Accession date:
1947
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
weight 8 grams and linear 19 millimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Coin: billon, accession number 8-7873, described as Coin; Billon; Greek. 19 mm. Diocletian. 287-288 AD. Alexandria. Obverse: ΑΚΓΟVΑ ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟC CΕΒ Bust facing right, laureate. Reverse: Nike advancing right. In left field L; in right field Δ.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Coin: billon, accession number 8-7873, described as Coin; Billon; Greek. 19 mm. Diocletian. 287-288 AD. Alexandria. Obverse: ΑΚΓΟVΑ ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟC CΕΒ Bust facing right, laureate. Reverse: Nike advancing right. In left field L; in right field Δ.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Coin: billon, accession number 8-7873, described as Coin; Billon; Greek. 19 mm. Diocletian. 287-288 AD. Alexandria. Obverse: ΑΚΓΟVΑ ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟC CΕΒ Bust facing right, laureate. Reverse: Nike advancing right. In left field L; in right field Δ.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Coin: billon, accession number 8-7873, described as Coin; Billon; Greek. 19 mm. Diocletian. 287-288 AD. Alexandria. Obverse: ΑΚΓΟVΑ ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟC CΕΒ Bust facing right, laureate. Reverse: Nike advancing right. In left field L; in right field Δ.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Coin: billon, accession number 8-7873, described as Coin; Billon; Greek. 19 mm. Diocletian. 287-288 AD. Alexandria. Obverse: ΑΚΓΟVΑ ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟC CΕΒ Bust facing right, laureate. Reverse: Nike advancing right. In left field L; in right field Δ.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Coin: billon, accession number 8-7873, described as Coin; Billon; Greek. 19 mm. Diocletian. 287-288 AD. Alexandria. Obverse: ΑΚΓΟVΑ ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟC CΕΒ Bust facing right, laureate. Reverse: Nike advancing right. In left field L; in right field Δ.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: billon, accession number 8-7873, described as Coin; Billon; Greek. 19 mm. Diocletian. 287-288 AD. Alexandria. Obverse: ΑΚΓΟVΑ ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟC CΕΒ Bust facing right, laureate. Reverse: Nike advancing right. In left field L; in right field Δ.

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