Coin: æ

Museum number:
8-5608
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.929
Description:
Coin: Roman, Galeria Valeria, Æ. Obverse: GAL VALERIA AVG - bust facing right diademed, draped. Reverse: VENERI VICTRICI - Venus (Greek: Aphrodite) standing facing left holding apple; lighted altar left. In left field, crescent. In right field, H. In exurge, ANT.
Donor:
Doe Library (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Bible House, Istanbul, Turkey
Verbatim coll. place:
Bible House, Constantinople
Production place:
Antioch on the Orontes (ancient city), ancient Syria
Culture or time period:
Diocletian and the Tetrarchy (285–313 AD)
Collector:
F. F. Goodsell
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Person depicted:
Galeria Valeria (Empress of Rome, Consort of Galerius) and Venus (Roman deity)
Inscription:
VENERI VICTRICI and GAL VALERIA AVG
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
305-311 AD
Accession date:
1948
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 8 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5608, described as Coin: Roman, Galeria Valeria, Æ. Obverse: GAL VALERIA AVG - bust facing right diademed, draped. Reverse: VENERI VICTRICI - Venus (Greek: Aphrodite) standing facing left holding apple; lighted altar left. In left field, crescent. In right field, H. In exurge, ANT.Hearst Museum object 2 of 8 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5608, described as Coin: Roman, Galeria Valeria, Æ. Obverse: GAL VALERIA AVG - bust facing right diademed, draped. Reverse: VENERI VICTRICI - Venus (Greek: Aphrodite) standing facing left holding apple; lighted altar left. In left field, crescent. In right field, H. In exurge, ANT.Hearst Museum object 3 of 8 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5608, described as Coin: Roman, Galeria Valeria, Æ. Obverse: GAL VALERIA AVG - bust facing right diademed, draped. Reverse: VENERI VICTRICI - Venus (Greek: Aphrodite) standing facing left holding apple; lighted altar left. In left field, crescent. In right field, H. In exurge, ANT.Hearst Museum object 4 of 8 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5608, described as Coin: Roman, Galeria Valeria, Æ. Obverse: GAL VALERIA AVG - bust facing right diademed, draped. Reverse: VENERI VICTRICI - Venus (Greek: Aphrodite) standing facing left holding apple; lighted altar left. In left field, crescent. In right field, H. In exurge, ANT.Hearst Museum object 5 of 8 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5608, described as Coin: Roman, Galeria Valeria, Æ. Obverse: GAL VALERIA AVG - bust facing right diademed, draped. Reverse: VENERI VICTRICI - Venus (Greek: Aphrodite) standing facing left holding apple; lighted altar left. In left field, crescent. In right field, H. In exurge, ANT.Hearst Museum object 6 of 8 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5608, described as Coin: Roman, Galeria Valeria, Æ. Obverse: GAL VALERIA AVG - bust facing right diademed, draped. Reverse: VENERI VICTRICI - Venus (Greek: Aphrodite) standing facing left holding apple; lighted altar left. In left field, crescent. In right field, H. In exurge, ANT.Hearst Museum object 7 of 8 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5608, described as Coin: Roman, Galeria Valeria, Æ. Obverse: GAL VALERIA AVG - bust facing right diademed, draped. Reverse: VENERI VICTRICI - Venus (Greek: Aphrodite) standing facing left holding apple; lighted altar left. In left field, crescent. In right field, H. In exurge, ANT.Hearst Museum object 8 of 8 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5608, described as Coin: Roman, Galeria Valeria, Æ. Obverse: GAL VALERIA AVG - bust facing right diademed, draped. Reverse: VENERI VICTRICI - Venus (Greek: Aphrodite) standing facing left holding apple; lighted altar left. In left field, crescent. In right field, H. In exurge, ANT.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5608, described as Coin: Roman, Galeria Valeria, Æ. Obverse: GAL VALERIA AVG - bust facing right diademed, draped. Reverse: VENERI VICTRICI - Venus (Greek: Aphrodite) standing facing left holding apple; lighted altar left. In left field, crescent. In right field, H. In exurge, ANT.

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