Coin: æ

Museum number:
8-8390
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080008390
Accession number:
Acc.50
Description:
Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 17.5 mm.; weight: 2.56 gm. Obverse: Portrait, facing right, wearing rayed crown; inscription:- ]AUG. Reverse: Gallienus standing, sacrificing over tripod; inscription:- ]RPXVI[ ]COS .
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Rome (modern city), Lazio, Central Italy
Culture or time period:
Valerian Dynasty (253–261 AD)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Person depicted:
Gallienus (Emperor of Rome)
Inscription:
]RPXVI[ ]COS and ]AUG
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
253-268 AD
Accession date:
November 12, 1902
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 8 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8390, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 17.5 mm.; weight: 2.56 gm. Obverse: Portrait, facing right, wearing rayed crown; inscription:- ]AUG. Reverse: Gallienus standing, sacrificing over tripod; inscription:- ]RPXVI[ ]COS .Hearst Museum object 2 of 8 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8390, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 17.5 mm.; weight: 2.56 gm. Obverse: Portrait, facing right, wearing rayed crown; inscription:- ]AUG. Reverse: Gallienus standing, sacrificing over tripod; inscription:- ]RPXVI[ ]COS .Hearst Museum object 3 of 8 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8390, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 17.5 mm.; weight: 2.56 gm. Obverse: Portrait, facing right, wearing rayed crown; inscription:- ]AUG. Reverse: Gallienus standing, sacrificing over tripod; inscription:- ]RPXVI[ ]COS .Hearst Museum object 4 of 8 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8390, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 17.5 mm.; weight: 2.56 gm. Obverse: Portrait, facing right, wearing rayed crown; inscription:- ]AUG. Reverse: Gallienus standing, sacrificing over tripod; inscription:- ]RPXVI[ ]COS .Hearst Museum object 5 of 8 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8390, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 17.5 mm.; weight: 2.56 gm. Obverse: Portrait, facing right, wearing rayed crown; inscription:- ]AUG. Reverse: Gallienus standing, sacrificing over tripod; inscription:- ]RPXVI[ ]COS .Hearst Museum object 6 of 8 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8390, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 17.5 mm.; weight: 2.56 gm. Obverse: Portrait, facing right, wearing rayed crown; inscription:- ]AUG. Reverse: Gallienus standing, sacrificing over tripod; inscription:- ]RPXVI[ ]COS .Hearst Museum object 7 of 8 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8390, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 17.5 mm.; weight: 2.56 gm. Obverse: Portrait, facing right, wearing rayed crown; inscription:- ]AUG. Reverse: Gallienus standing, sacrificing over tripod; inscription:- ]RPXVI[ ]COS .Hearst Museum object 8 of 8 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8390, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 17.5 mm.; weight: 2.56 gm. Obverse: Portrait, facing right, wearing rayed crown; inscription:- ]AUG. Reverse: Gallienus standing, sacrificing over tripod; inscription:- ]RPXVI[ ]COS .
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8390, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 17.5 mm.; weight: 2.56 gm. Obverse: Portrait, facing right, wearing rayed crown; inscription:- ]AUG. Reverse: Gallienus standing, sacrificing over tripod; inscription:- ]RPXVI[ ]COS .

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