Coin: æ

Museum number:
8-5819
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1029
Description:
Coin; AE; bronze issue; size: 22 mm.; weight: 12.9 gm. Obverse: Head of Zeus Eleutherios r., laur.; hair short: plain border. Inscrip. around: (illegible). Reverse: Inscrip. illegible. Thunderbolt upright; in field r., eagle r.: plain border.
Donor:
May Benton MacLafferty
Collection place:
Syracuse (ancient colony)
Production place:
Syracuse (ancient colony)
Culture or time period:
Greek Classical Period (480–323 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Person depicted:
Zeus (Greek deity)
Inscription:
Obverse legend: illegible and Reverse legend: illegible
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
345-317 BC
Accession date:
1951
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
weight 12.9 grams and linear 22 millimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5819, described as Coin; AE; bronze issue; size: 22 mm.; weight: 12.9 gm. Obverse: Head of Zeus Eleutherios r., laur.; hair short: plain border. Inscrip. around: (illegible). Reverse: Inscrip. illegible. Thunderbolt upright; in field r., eagle r.: plain border.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5819, described as Coin; AE; bronze issue; size: 22 mm.; weight: 12.9 gm. Obverse: Head of Zeus Eleutherios r., laur.; hair short: plain border. Inscrip. around: (illegible). Reverse: Inscrip. illegible. Thunderbolt upright; in field r., eagle r.: plain border.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5819, described as Coin; AE; bronze issue; size: 22 mm.; weight: 12.9 gm. Obverse: Head of Zeus Eleutherios r., laur.; hair short: plain border. Inscrip. around: (illegible). Reverse: Inscrip. illegible. Thunderbolt upright; in field r., eagle r.: plain border.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5819, described as Coin; AE; bronze issue; size: 22 mm.; weight: 12.9 gm. Obverse: Head of Zeus Eleutherios r., laur.; hair short: plain border. Inscrip. around: (illegible). Reverse: Inscrip. illegible. Thunderbolt upright; in field r., eagle r.: plain border.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5819, described as Coin; AE; bronze issue; size: 22 mm.; weight: 12.9 gm. Obverse: Head of Zeus Eleutherios r., laur.; hair short: plain border. Inscrip. around: (illegible). Reverse: Inscrip. illegible. Thunderbolt upright; in field r., eagle r.: plain border.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5819, described as Coin; AE; bronze issue; size: 22 mm.; weight: 12.9 gm. Obverse: Head of Zeus Eleutherios r., laur.; hair short: plain border. Inscrip. around: (illegible). Reverse: Inscrip. illegible. Thunderbolt upright; in field r., eagle r.: plain border.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5819, described as Coin; AE; bronze issue; size: 22 mm.; weight: 12.9 gm. Obverse: Head of Zeus Eleutherios r., laur.; hair short: plain border. Inscrip. around: (illegible). Reverse: Inscrip. illegible. Thunderbolt upright; in field r., eagle r.: plain border.

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