Coin: ar

Museum number:
8-8123
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080008123
Alternate number:
64 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3101
Description:
Coin; Silver; silver issue; size: 22.5 mm.; weight: 12.22 grams. Obverse: Bust of Caracalla facing right, undraped, laureate, with slight beard; inscription: AVTKMA ANT [ ] . Reverse: Eagle with wings displayed, standing to front, head facing left, with wreath in beak; inscription: ΔΗΜΑRΧ ΕΙ VΠΑΤΟCΤΟΔ.
Donor:
Fredrica Lippman Lindgren and Henry Clay Lindgren
Collection place:
Phoenicia (ancient region)
Culture or time period:
Severan Dynasty (193–235 AD)
Collector:
Fredrica Lippman Lindgren and Henry Clay Lindgren
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Person depicted:
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (Emperor of Rome)
Inscription:
Obverse legend: AVTKMA ANT [ ] and Reverse legend: DHMARX.EI.VPATOSTOD
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
211-217 AD
Accession date:
January 20, 1978
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
weight 12.22 grams and linear 22.5 millimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Coin: ar, accession number 8-8123, described as Coin; Silver; silver issue; size: 22.5 mm.; weight: 12.22 grams. Obverse: Bust of Caracalla facing right, undraped, laureate, with slight beard; inscription: AVTKMA ANT [ ] . Reverse: Eagle with wings displayed, standing to front, head facing left, with wreath in beak; inscription: ΔΗΜΑRΧ ΕΙ VΠΑΤΟCΤΟΔ.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Coin: ar, accession number 8-8123, described as Coin; Silver; silver issue; size: 22.5 mm.; weight: 12.22 grams. Obverse: Bust of Caracalla facing right, undraped, laureate, with slight beard; inscription: AVTKMA ANT [ ] . Reverse: Eagle with wings displayed, standing to front, head facing left, with wreath in beak; inscription: ΔΗΜΑRΧ ΕΙ VΠΑΤΟCΤΟΔ.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Coin: ar, accession number 8-8123, described as Coin; Silver; silver issue; size: 22.5 mm.; weight: 12.22 grams. Obverse: Bust of Caracalla facing right, undraped, laureate, with slight beard; inscription: AVTKMA ANT [ ] . Reverse: Eagle with wings displayed, standing to front, head facing left, with wreath in beak; inscription: ΔΗΜΑRΧ ΕΙ VΠΑΤΟCΤΟΔ.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Coin: ar, accession number 8-8123, described as Coin; Silver; silver issue; size: 22.5 mm.; weight: 12.22 grams. Obverse: Bust of Caracalla facing right, undraped, laureate, with slight beard; inscription: AVTKMA ANT [ ] . Reverse: Eagle with wings displayed, standing to front, head facing left, with wreath in beak; inscription: ΔΗΜΑRΧ ΕΙ VΠΑΤΟCΤΟΔ.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Coin: ar, accession number 8-8123, described as Coin; Silver; silver issue; size: 22.5 mm.; weight: 12.22 grams. Obverse: Bust of Caracalla facing right, undraped, laureate, with slight beard; inscription: AVTKMA ANT [ ] . Reverse: Eagle with wings displayed, standing to front, head facing left, with wreath in beak; inscription: ΔΗΜΑRΧ ΕΙ VΠΑΤΟCΤΟΔ.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Coin: ar, accession number 8-8123, described as Coin; Silver; silver issue; size: 22.5 mm.; weight: 12.22 grams. Obverse: Bust of Caracalla facing right, undraped, laureate, with slight beard; inscription: AVTKMA ANT [ ] . Reverse: Eagle with wings displayed, standing to front, head facing left, with wreath in beak; inscription: ΔΗΜΑRΧ ΕΙ VΠΑΤΟCΤΟΔ.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: ar, accession number 8-8123, described as Coin; Silver; silver issue; size: 22.5 mm.; weight: 12.22 grams. Obverse: Bust of Caracalla facing right, undraped, laureate, with slight beard; inscription: AVTKMA ANT [ ] . Reverse: Eagle with wings displayed, standing to front, head facing left, with wreath in beak; inscription: ΔΗΜΑRΧ ΕΙ VΠΑΤΟCΤΟΔ.

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