Coin: æ

Museum number:
8-8107
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080008107
Alternate number:
lindgren 48 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3101
Description:
Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 33 mm.; weight: 15.55 gm. Obverse: head of Elagabalus facing right, laureate; inscription:- AVTKAIM[ ]ANTΩNEINOCE. Reverse: Tyche of Antioch, wearing chiton, peplos, and turreted headdress, seated facing left on rock; in right hand, ears of corn; left hand rests on rock; at her feet, river-god Orontes swimming; above, ram running facing left, looking right; in field, SC and ΔE; inscription:- ANTIOX EΩNMKOΛ.
Donor:
Fredrica Lippman Lindgren and Henry Clay Lindgren
Collection place:
Antioch on the Orontes (ancient city), ancient Syria
Production place:
Antioch on the Orontes (ancient city), ancient Syria
Culture or time period:
Severan Dynasty (193–235 AD)
Collector:
Fredrica Lippman Lindgren and Henry Clay Lindgren
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Person depicted:
Elagabalus (Emperor of Rome) and Tyche (Greek deity)
Inscription:
Obverse legend: AVTKAIM[ ]ANTONEINOCE and Reverse legend: ANTIOCH EONMKOL
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
218-222 AD
Accession date:
January 20, 1978
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
weight 15.55 grams and linear 33 millimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8107, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 33 mm.; weight: 15.55 gm. Obverse: head of Elagabalus facing right, laureate; inscription:- AVTKAIM[ ]ANTΩNEINOCE. Reverse: Tyche of Antioch, wearing chiton, peplos, and turreted headdress, seated facing left on rock; in right hand, ears of corn; left hand rests on rock; at her feet, river-god Orontes swimming; above, ram running facing left, looking right; in field, SC and ΔE; inscription:- ANTIOX EΩNMKOΛ.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8107, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 33 mm.; weight: 15.55 gm. Obverse: head of Elagabalus facing right, laureate; inscription:- AVTKAIM[ ]ANTΩNEINOCE. Reverse: Tyche of Antioch, wearing chiton, peplos, and turreted headdress, seated facing left on rock; in right hand, ears of corn; left hand rests on rock; at her feet, river-god Orontes swimming; above, ram running facing left, looking right; in field, SC and ΔE; inscription:- ANTIOX EΩNMKOΛ.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8107, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 33 mm.; weight: 15.55 gm. Obverse: head of Elagabalus facing right, laureate; inscription:- AVTKAIM[ ]ANTΩNEINOCE. Reverse: Tyche of Antioch, wearing chiton, peplos, and turreted headdress, seated facing left on rock; in right hand, ears of corn; left hand rests on rock; at her feet, river-god Orontes swimming; above, ram running facing left, looking right; in field, SC and ΔE; inscription:- ANTIOX EΩNMKOΛ.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8107, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 33 mm.; weight: 15.55 gm. Obverse: head of Elagabalus facing right, laureate; inscription:- AVTKAIM[ ]ANTΩNEINOCE. Reverse: Tyche of Antioch, wearing chiton, peplos, and turreted headdress, seated facing left on rock; in right hand, ears of corn; left hand rests on rock; at her feet, river-god Orontes swimming; above, ram running facing left, looking right; in field, SC and ΔE; inscription:- ANTIOX EΩNMKOΛ.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8107, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 33 mm.; weight: 15.55 gm. Obverse: head of Elagabalus facing right, laureate; inscription:- AVTKAIM[ ]ANTΩNEINOCE. Reverse: Tyche of Antioch, wearing chiton, peplos, and turreted headdress, seated facing left on rock; in right hand, ears of corn; left hand rests on rock; at her feet, river-god Orontes swimming; above, ram running facing left, looking right; in field, SC and ΔE; inscription:- ANTIOX EΩNMKOΛ.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8107, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 33 mm.; weight: 15.55 gm. Obverse: head of Elagabalus facing right, laureate; inscription:- AVTKAIM[ ]ANTΩNEINOCE. Reverse: Tyche of Antioch, wearing chiton, peplos, and turreted headdress, seated facing left on rock; in right hand, ears of corn; left hand rests on rock; at her feet, river-god Orontes swimming; above, ram running facing left, looking right; in field, SC and ΔE; inscription:- ANTIOX EΩNMKOΛ.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8107, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 33 mm.; weight: 15.55 gm. Obverse: head of Elagabalus facing right, laureate; inscription:- AVTKAIM[ ]ANTΩNEINOCE. Reverse: Tyche of Antioch, wearing chiton, peplos, and turreted headdress, seated facing left on rock; in right hand, ears of corn; left hand rests on rock; at her feet, river-god Orontes swimming; above, ram running facing left, looking right; in field, SC and ΔE; inscription:- ANTIOX EΩNMKOΛ.

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