Coin: æ

Museum number:
8-5604
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080005604
Accession number:
Acc.929
Description:
Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 21.5 mm.; weight: 6.88 grams. Obverse: bust of Philip I facing right, laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum; inscription: AVTOKKMIOVC[. Reverse: tetrastyle temple, with peribolos containing grove, and having on right and left a colonnade (of which only the roof slabs are shown), and in front a portico or paneled wall of two stories; inscription: ΖΕΥΓΜ ΑΤΕΩΝ.
Donor:
Doe Library (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Bible House, Istanbul, Turkey
Verbatim coll. place:
Bible House, Constantinople
Production place:
Zeugma (ancient city), Southeast Anatolia, Turkey
Culture or time period:
Barracks Emperors (235–284 AD)
Collector:
F. F. Goodsell
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Person depicted:
Philip the Arab (Emperor of Rome)
Inscription:
AVTOKKMIOVC and ΖΕΥΓΜ ΑΤΕΩΝ
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
244-249 AD
Accession date:
1948
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
weight 6.88 grams and linear 21.5 millimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5604, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 21.5 mm.; weight: 6.88 grams. Obverse: bust of Philip I facing right, laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum; inscription: AVTOKKMIOVC[. Reverse: tetrastyle temple, with peribolos containing grove, and having on right and left a colonnade (of which only the roof slabs are shown), and in front a portico or paneled wall of two stories; inscription: ΖΕΥΓΜ ΑΤΕΩΝ.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5604, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 21.5 mm.; weight: 6.88 grams. Obverse: bust of Philip I facing right, laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum; inscription: AVTOKKMIOVC[. Reverse: tetrastyle temple, with peribolos containing grove, and having on right and left a colonnade (of which only the roof slabs are shown), and in front a portico or paneled wall of two stories; inscription: ΖΕΥΓΜ ΑΤΕΩΝ.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5604, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 21.5 mm.; weight: 6.88 grams. Obverse: bust of Philip I facing right, laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum; inscription: AVTOKKMIOVC[. Reverse: tetrastyle temple, with peribolos containing grove, and having on right and left a colonnade (of which only the roof slabs are shown), and in front a portico or paneled wall of two stories; inscription: ΖΕΥΓΜ ΑΤΕΩΝ.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5604, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 21.5 mm.; weight: 6.88 grams. Obverse: bust of Philip I facing right, laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum; inscription: AVTOKKMIOVC[. Reverse: tetrastyle temple, with peribolos containing grove, and having on right and left a colonnade (of which only the roof slabs are shown), and in front a portico or paneled wall of two stories; inscription: ΖΕΥΓΜ ΑΤΕΩΝ.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5604, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 21.5 mm.; weight: 6.88 grams. Obverse: bust of Philip I facing right, laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum; inscription: AVTOKKMIOVC[. Reverse: tetrastyle temple, with peribolos containing grove, and having on right and left a colonnade (of which only the roof slabs are shown), and in front a portico or paneled wall of two stories; inscription: ΖΕΥΓΜ ΑΤΕΩΝ.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5604, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 21.5 mm.; weight: 6.88 grams. Obverse: bust of Philip I facing right, laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum; inscription: AVTOKKMIOVC[. Reverse: tetrastyle temple, with peribolos containing grove, and having on right and left a colonnade (of which only the roof slabs are shown), and in front a portico or paneled wall of two stories; inscription: ΖΕΥΓΜ ΑΤΕΩΝ.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5604, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 21.5 mm.; weight: 6.88 grams. Obverse: bust of Philip I facing right, laureate, wearing cuirass and paludamentum; inscription: AVTOKKMIOVC[. Reverse: tetrastyle temple, with peribolos containing grove, and having on right and left a colonnade (of which only the roof slabs are shown), and in front a portico or paneled wall of two stories; inscription: ΖΕΥΓΜ ΑΤΕΩΝ.

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