Coin: æ
- Museum number:
- 8-8087
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21080008087
- Alternate number:
- Lindgren 28 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.3101
- Description:
- Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 15 mm.; weight: 3.2 gm. Obverse: head of Medusa (gorgon) facing right, winged; amid hair, serpents; border of dots. Reverse: Indian bull facing right, butting; inscription: ]ΙΛΕΩ[ ]ΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ; border of dots.
- Donor:
- Fredrica Lippman Lindgren and Henry Clay Lindgren
- Collection place:
- Syria
- Culture or time period:
- Seleucid (312 BC to 63 BC)
- Collector:
- Fredrica Lippman Lindgren and Henry Clay Lindgren
- Collection date:
- unknown
- Materials:
- Bronze (metal)
- Person depicted:
- Medusa (Greek deity)
- Inscription:
- Reverse legend: ]ILEO[ ]ELEYKOY
- Object type:
- archaeology
- Object class:
- Coins (money)
- Function:
- 7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
- Production date:
- 312-281 BC
- Accession date:
- January 20, 1978
- Department:
- Classical Mediterranean
- Dimensions:
- linear 15 millimeters and weight 3.2 grams
- Images:
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- Legacy documentation:
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