Coin: æ

Museum number:
8-5823
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080005823
Accession number:
Acc.1029
Description:
Coin; AE; bronze issue; size: 26 mm.; weight: 19.5 gm. Obverse: Head of Hieron ? l., wearing diadem : border of dots. Reverse: Horseman r., wearing helmet, cuirass, and chlamys, and holding couched spear in r., horse prancing: plain border; beneath, MI. In ex., inscrip., (illegible)
Donor:
May Benton MacLafferty
Collection place:
Syracuse (ancient colony)
Production place:
Syracuse (ancient colony)
Culture or time period:
Greek Hellenistic Period (323–30 BC)
Collector:
May Benton MacLafferty
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Person depicted:
Hiero II (Tyrant of Syracuse)
Inscription:
Reverse exergue: illegible
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
274-216 BC
Accession date:
1951
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
weight 19.5 grams and linear 26 millimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5823, described as Coin; AE; bronze issue; size: 26 mm.; weight: 19.5 gm. Obverse: Head of Hieron ? l., wearing diadem : border of dots. Reverse: Horseman r., wearing helmet, cuirass, and chlamys, and holding couched spear in r., horse prancing: plain border; beneath, MI. In ex., inscrip., (illegible)Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5823, described as Coin; AE; bronze issue; size: 26 mm.; weight: 19.5 gm. Obverse: Head of Hieron ? l., wearing diadem : border of dots. Reverse: Horseman r., wearing helmet, cuirass, and chlamys, and holding couched spear in r., horse prancing: plain border; beneath, MI. In ex., inscrip., (illegible)Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5823, described as Coin; AE; bronze issue; size: 26 mm.; weight: 19.5 gm. Obverse: Head of Hieron ? l., wearing diadem : border of dots. Reverse: Horseman r., wearing helmet, cuirass, and chlamys, and holding couched spear in r., horse prancing: plain border; beneath, MI. In ex., inscrip., (illegible)Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5823, described as Coin; AE; bronze issue; size: 26 mm.; weight: 19.5 gm. Obverse: Head of Hieron ? l., wearing diadem : border of dots. Reverse: Horseman r., wearing helmet, cuirass, and chlamys, and holding couched spear in r., horse prancing: plain border; beneath, MI. In ex., inscrip., (illegible)Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5823, described as Coin; AE; bronze issue; size: 26 mm.; weight: 19.5 gm. Obverse: Head of Hieron ? l., wearing diadem : border of dots. Reverse: Horseman r., wearing helmet, cuirass, and chlamys, and holding couched spear in r., horse prancing: plain border; beneath, MI. In ex., inscrip., (illegible)Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5823, described as Coin; AE; bronze issue; size: 26 mm.; weight: 19.5 gm. Obverse: Head of Hieron ? l., wearing diadem : border of dots. Reverse: Horseman r., wearing helmet, cuirass, and chlamys, and holding couched spear in r., horse prancing: plain border; beneath, MI. In ex., inscrip., (illegible)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5823, described as Coin; AE; bronze issue; size: 26 mm.; weight: 19.5 gm. Obverse: Head of Hieron ? l., wearing diadem : border of dots. Reverse: Horseman r., wearing helmet, cuirass, and chlamys, and holding couched spear in r., horse prancing: plain border; beneath, MI. In ex., inscrip., (illegible)

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