Coin: æ

Museum number:
8-4782
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080004782
Accession number:
Acc.184
Description:
Coin; AE; Greek. 4.08 grams, 18 mm. 350-300 BC. Eleusis, Greece. Obverse: Triptolemos seated l. in serpent car. Reverse: Pig r. on a ‘bakos’ (bacchos: a long torch); in exergue, owl in wreath.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson
Collection place:
Eleusis, Attica, Greece
Production place:
Eleusis, Attica, Greece
Culture or time period:
Greek Classical Period (480–323 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Person depicted:
Triptolemus (Greek deity)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
350-300 BC
Accession date:
1905
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
weight 4.08 grams and linear 18 millimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-4782, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 4.08 grams, 18 mm. 350-300 BC. Eleusis, Greece. Obverse: Triptolemos seated l. in serpent car. Reverse: Pig r. on a ‘bakos’ (bacchos: a long torch); in exergue, owl in wreath.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-4782, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 4.08 grams, 18 mm. 350-300 BC. Eleusis, Greece. Obverse: Triptolemos seated l. in serpent car. Reverse: Pig r. on a ‘bakos’ (bacchos: a long torch); in exergue, owl in wreath.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-4782, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 4.08 grams, 18 mm. 350-300 BC. Eleusis, Greece. Obverse: Triptolemos seated l. in serpent car. Reverse: Pig r. on a ‘bakos’ (bacchos: a long torch); in exergue, owl in wreath.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-4782, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 4.08 grams, 18 mm. 350-300 BC. Eleusis, Greece. Obverse: Triptolemos seated l. in serpent car. Reverse: Pig r. on a ‘bakos’ (bacchos: a long torch); in exergue, owl in wreath.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-4782, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 4.08 grams, 18 mm. 350-300 BC. Eleusis, Greece. Obverse: Triptolemos seated l. in serpent car. Reverse: Pig r. on a ‘bakos’ (bacchos: a long torch); in exergue, owl in wreath.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-4782, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 4.08 grams, 18 mm. 350-300 BC. Eleusis, Greece. Obverse: Triptolemos seated l. in serpent car. Reverse: Pig r. on a ‘bakos’ (bacchos: a long torch); in exergue, owl in wreath.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-4782, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 4.08 grams, 18 mm. 350-300 BC. Eleusis, Greece. Obverse: Triptolemos seated l. in serpent car. Reverse: Pig r. on a ‘bakos’ (bacchos: a long torch); in exergue, owl in wreath.

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