Coin: æ

Museum number:
8-8097
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080008097
Alternate number:
Lindgren 38 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3101
Description:
Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 25 mm.; weight: 13.4 gm. Obverse: bust of Iotape facing right, wearing diadem; inscription:- too blurred to read. Reverse: Scorpion; inscription and type in plain circle: whole in laurel wreath; border of dots; inscription:- KOMMA ΓΗИΩИ.
Donor:
Fredrica Lippman Lindgren and Henry Clay Lindgren
Collection place:
Commagene (ancient kingdom), Southeast Anatolia, Turkey
Production place:
Commagene (ancient kingdom), Southeast Anatolia, Turkey
Culture or time period:
Kingdom of Commagene (163 BC-72 AD)
Collector:
Fredrica Lippman Lindgren and Henry Clay Lindgren
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Inscription:
Obverse legend: illegible and Reverse legend: KOMMAGHNON
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
38-72 AD
Accession date:
January 20, 1978
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
weight 13.4 grams and linear 25 millimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8097, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 25 mm.; weight: 13.4 gm. Obverse: bust of Iotape facing right, wearing diadem; inscription:- too blurred to read. Reverse: Scorpion; inscription and type in plain circle: whole in laurel wreath; border of dots; inscription:- KOMMA ΓΗИΩИ.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8097, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 25 mm.; weight: 13.4 gm. Obverse: bust of Iotape facing right, wearing diadem; inscription:- too blurred to read. Reverse: Scorpion; inscription and type in plain circle: whole in laurel wreath; border of dots; inscription:- KOMMA ΓΗИΩИ.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8097, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 25 mm.; weight: 13.4 gm. Obverse: bust of Iotape facing right, wearing diadem; inscription:- too blurred to read. Reverse: Scorpion; inscription and type in plain circle: whole in laurel wreath; border of dots; inscription:- KOMMA ΓΗИΩИ.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8097, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 25 mm.; weight: 13.4 gm. Obverse: bust of Iotape facing right, wearing diadem; inscription:- too blurred to read. Reverse: Scorpion; inscription and type in plain circle: whole in laurel wreath; border of dots; inscription:- KOMMA ΓΗИΩИ.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8097, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 25 mm.; weight: 13.4 gm. Obverse: bust of Iotape facing right, wearing diadem; inscription:- too blurred to read. Reverse: Scorpion; inscription and type in plain circle: whole in laurel wreath; border of dots; inscription:- KOMMA ΓΗИΩИ.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8097, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 25 mm.; weight: 13.4 gm. Obverse: bust of Iotape facing right, wearing diadem; inscription:- too blurred to read. Reverse: Scorpion; inscription and type in plain circle: whole in laurel wreath; border of dots; inscription:- KOMMA ΓΗИΩИ.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8097, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 25 mm.; weight: 13.4 gm. Obverse: bust of Iotape facing right, wearing diadem; inscription:- too blurred to read. Reverse: Scorpion; inscription and type in plain circle: whole in laurel wreath; border of dots; inscription:- KOMMA ΓΗИΩИ.

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