Coin: æ 10 nummia (decanummium)

Museum number:
6-23172
Permalink:
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Description:
Obverse: two frontal busts of soldiers or the Emperor and his wife, separated by a cross. Struck off center. Reverse: an I surmounted by a cross flanked by Left: [symbol]; Right: [symbol resembling w] below in ex. [three symbols] Denomination: decanummium Size: 1.6 cm Weight: 3.78 g Condition: fair Content: AE Provenience: Naga-ed-Der, Egypt. Hoard of 68 coins (6-23121-88) Mint Date: Alexandria Heraclitus 610-14 A.D. Reference: Warwick Wroth. Byzantine Coins.
Collection place:
Uncertain tomb and cemetery, Naga-ed-Der, Upper Egypt
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Egypt; Nada-ed-Der
Culture or time period:
Byzantine (395-1453 AD) and Coptic Egypt (312–641 AD)
Collector:
George Andrew Reisner
Collection date:
1901-1903
Materials:
Copper (metal)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
610-614 AD
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Coin: æ 10 nummia (decanummium), accession number 6-23172, described as Obverse: two frontal busts of soldiers or the Emperor and his wife, separated by a cross. Struck off center. Reverse: an I surmounted by a cross flanked by Left: [symbol]; Right: [symbol resembling w] below in ex. [three symbols] Denomination: decanummium Size: 1.6 cm Weight: 3.78 g Condition: fair Content: AE Provenience: Naga-ed-Der, Egypt. Hoard of 68 coins (6-23121-88) Mint Date: Alexandria Heraclitus 610-14 A.D. Reference: Warwick Wroth. Byzantine Coins.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Coin: æ 10 nummia (decanummium), accession number 6-23172, described as Obverse: two frontal busts of soldiers or the Emperor and his wife, separated by a cross. Struck off center. Reverse: an I surmounted by a cross flanked by Left: [symbol]; Right: [symbol resembling w] below in ex. [three symbols] Denomination: decanummium Size: 1.6 cm Weight: 3.78 g Condition: fair Content: AE Provenience: Naga-ed-Der, Egypt. Hoard of 68 coins (6-23121-88) Mint Date: Alexandria Heraclitus 610-14 A.D. Reference: Warwick Wroth. Byzantine Coins.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Coin: æ 10 nummia (decanummium), accession number 6-23172, described as Obverse: two frontal busts of soldiers or the Emperor and his wife, separated by a cross. Struck off center. Reverse: an I surmounted by a cross flanked by Left: [symbol]; Right: [symbol resembling w] below in ex. [three symbols] Denomination: decanummium Size: 1.6 cm Weight: 3.78 g Condition: fair Content: AE Provenience: Naga-ed-Der, Egypt. Hoard of 68 coins (6-23121-88) Mint Date: Alexandria Heraclitus 610-14 A.D. Reference: Warwick Wroth. Byzantine Coins.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Coin: æ 10 nummia (decanummium), accession number 6-23172, described as Obverse: two frontal busts of soldiers or the Emperor and his wife, separated by a cross. Struck off center. Reverse: an I surmounted by a cross flanked by Left: [symbol]; Right: [symbol resembling w] below in ex. [three symbols] Denomination: decanummium Size: 1.6 cm Weight: 3.78 g Condition: fair Content: AE Provenience: Naga-ed-Der, Egypt. Hoard of 68 coins (6-23121-88) Mint Date: Alexandria Heraclitus 610-14 A.D. Reference: Warwick Wroth. Byzantine Coins.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: æ 10 nummia (decanummium), accession number 6-23172, described as Obverse: two frontal busts of soldiers or the Emperor and his wife, separated by a cross. Struck off center. Reverse: an I surmounted by a cross flanked by Left: [symbol]; Right: [symbol resembling w] below in ex. [three symbols] Denomination: decanummium Size: 1.6 cm Weight: 3.78 g Condition: fair Content: AE Provenience: Naga-ed-Der, Egypt. Hoard of 68 coins (6-23121-88) Mint Date: Alexandria Heraclitus 610-14 A.D. Reference: Warwick Wroth. Byzantine Coins.

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