Coin: æ

Museum number:
8-5565
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080005565
Accession number:
Acc.925
Description:
Coin; AE; Greek. 5.8 grams, 18 mm. Obverse: Head of Athena r. Reverse: ΣΑ ΜΟ, Kybele seated l.; patera in outstretched right hand; name in right field off flan. Remarks: "Samothrace after Alexander the Great.
Donor:
John L. Balderston
Collection place:
Samothrace, Western Thrace, Greece
Production place:
Samothrace, Western Thrace, Greece
Culture or time period:
Greek Hellenistic Period (323–30 BC)
Collector:
John L. Balderston
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Person depicted:
Athena (Greek deity) and Cybele (Anatolian and Roman deity)
Inscription:
ΣΑ ΜΟ
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Athena and Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
after 300 BC
Accession date:
1947
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
weight 5.8 grams and linear 18 millimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5565, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 5.8 grams, 18 mm. Obverse: Head of Athena r. Reverse: ΣΑ ΜΟ, Kybele seated l.; patera in outstretched right hand; name in right field off flan. Remarks: "Samothrace after Alexander the Great.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5565, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 5.8 grams, 18 mm. Obverse: Head of Athena r. Reverse: ΣΑ ΜΟ, Kybele seated l.; patera in outstretched right hand; name in right field off flan. Remarks: "Samothrace after Alexander the Great.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5565, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 5.8 grams, 18 mm. Obverse: Head of Athena r. Reverse: ΣΑ ΜΟ, Kybele seated l.; patera in outstretched right hand; name in right field off flan. Remarks: "Samothrace after Alexander the Great.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5565, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 5.8 grams, 18 mm. Obverse: Head of Athena r. Reverse: ΣΑ ΜΟ, Kybele seated l.; patera in outstretched right hand; name in right field off flan. Remarks: "Samothrace after Alexander the Great.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5565, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 5.8 grams, 18 mm. Obverse: Head of Athena r. Reverse: ΣΑ ΜΟ, Kybele seated l.; patera in outstretched right hand; name in right field off flan. Remarks: "Samothrace after Alexander the Great.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5565, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 5.8 grams, 18 mm. Obverse: Head of Athena r. Reverse: ΣΑ ΜΟ, Kybele seated l.; patera in outstretched right hand; name in right field off flan. Remarks: "Samothrace after Alexander the Great.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5565, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 5.8 grams, 18 mm. Obverse: Head of Athena r. Reverse: ΣΑ ΜΟ, Kybele seated l.; patera in outstretched right hand; name in right field off flan. Remarks: "Samothrace after Alexander the Great.

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