Coin: æ

Museum number:
8-5603
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080005603
Accession number:
Acc.929
Description:
Coin; Æ; bronze issue; 20.90 mm; 8.336 grams. Obverse: head of L. Verus, facing right, laureate; inscription:- AYTO [ ]H[ . Reverse: within laurel wreath a tetrastyle temple, with peribolos containing grove, on right and left colonnades extending along perimeter of grove; inscription: (between wreath and temple) ΖΕΥΓΜΑΤΕW[.
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:
Nerva–Antonine Dynasty (96–192 AD)
Collector:
F. F. Goodsell
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Person depicted:
Lucius Verus (Emperor of Rome)
Inscription:
AYTO [ ]H and ΖΕΥΓΜΑΤΕW
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
161-169 AD
Accession date:
1948
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
linear 20.9 millimeters and weight 8.336 grams
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5603, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; 20.90 mm; 8.336 grams. Obverse: head of L. Verus, facing right, laureate; inscription:- AYTO [ ]H[ . Reverse: within laurel wreath a tetrastyle temple, with peribolos containing grove, on right and left colonnades extending along perimeter of grove; inscription: (between wreath and temple) ΖΕΥΓΜΑΤΕW[.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5603, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; 20.90 mm; 8.336 grams. Obverse: head of L. Verus, facing right, laureate; inscription:- AYTO [ ]H[ . Reverse: within laurel wreath a tetrastyle temple, with peribolos containing grove, on right and left colonnades extending along perimeter of grove; inscription: (between wreath and temple) ΖΕΥΓΜΑΤΕW[.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5603, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; 20.90 mm; 8.336 grams. Obverse: head of L. Verus, facing right, laureate; inscription:- AYTO [ ]H[ . Reverse: within laurel wreath a tetrastyle temple, with peribolos containing grove, on right and left colonnades extending along perimeter of grove; inscription: (between wreath and temple) ΖΕΥΓΜΑΤΕW[.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5603, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; 20.90 mm; 8.336 grams. Obverse: head of L. Verus, facing right, laureate; inscription:- AYTO [ ]H[ . Reverse: within laurel wreath a tetrastyle temple, with peribolos containing grove, on right and left colonnades extending along perimeter of grove; inscription: (between wreath and temple) ΖΕΥΓΜΑΤΕW[.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5603, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; 20.90 mm; 8.336 grams. Obverse: head of L. Verus, facing right, laureate; inscription:- AYTO [ ]H[ . Reverse: within laurel wreath a tetrastyle temple, with peribolos containing grove, on right and left colonnades extending along perimeter of grove; inscription: (between wreath and temple) ΖΕΥΓΜΑΤΕW[.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5603, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; 20.90 mm; 8.336 grams. Obverse: head of L. Verus, facing right, laureate; inscription:- AYTO [ ]H[ . Reverse: within laurel wreath a tetrastyle temple, with peribolos containing grove, on right and left colonnades extending along perimeter of grove; inscription: (between wreath and temple) ΖΕΥΓΜΑΤΕW[.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5603, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; 20.90 mm; 8.336 grams. Obverse: head of L. Verus, facing right, laureate; inscription:- AYTO [ ]H[ . Reverse: within laurel wreath a tetrastyle temple, with peribolos containing grove, on right and left colonnades extending along perimeter of grove; inscription: (between wreath and temple) ΖΕΥΓΜΑΤΕW[.

Tools