Coin: æ

Museum number:
8-8120
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080008120
Alternate number:
61 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3101
Description:
Coin; Æ; Bronze issue; size: 20.01 mm.; weight: 6.81 gm. Obverse: Bust of Tyche facing right, wearing turreted crown and veil; border of dots. Reverse: Dolphin entwined round trident, upright between pilei of the Dioscuri; across field, inscription in two lines; border of dots. BH [PY]TI ΩN.
Donor:
Fredrica Lippman Lindgren and Henry Clay Lindgren
Collection place:
Berytus (ancient Roman colony)
Production place:
Berytus (ancient Roman colony)
Culture or time period:
Seleucid Phoenicia (323-64 BC)
Collector:
Fredrica Lippman Lindgren and Henry Clay Lindgren
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Person depicted:
Tyche (Greek deity)
Inscription:
Reverse legend: BH[RY]TION
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
1st century BC
Accession date:
January 20, 1978
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
weight 6.81 grams and linear 20.01 millimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8120, described as Coin; Æ; Bronze issue; size: 20.01 mm.; weight: 6.81 gm. Obverse: Bust of Tyche facing right, wearing turreted crown and veil; border of dots. Reverse: Dolphin entwined round trident, upright between pilei of the Dioscuri; across field, inscription in two lines; border of dots. BH [PY]TI ΩN.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8120, described as Coin; Æ; Bronze issue; size: 20.01 mm.; weight: 6.81 gm. Obverse: Bust of Tyche facing right, wearing turreted crown and veil; border of dots. Reverse: Dolphin entwined round trident, upright between pilei of the Dioscuri; across field, inscription in two lines; border of dots. BH [PY]TI ΩN.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8120, described as Coin; Æ; Bronze issue; size: 20.01 mm.; weight: 6.81 gm. Obverse: Bust of Tyche facing right, wearing turreted crown and veil; border of dots. Reverse: Dolphin entwined round trident, upright between pilei of the Dioscuri; across field, inscription in two lines; border of dots. BH [PY]TI ΩN.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8120, described as Coin; Æ; Bronze issue; size: 20.01 mm.; weight: 6.81 gm. Obverse: Bust of Tyche facing right, wearing turreted crown and veil; border of dots. Reverse: Dolphin entwined round trident, upright between pilei of the Dioscuri; across field, inscription in two lines; border of dots. BH [PY]TI ΩN.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8120, described as Coin; Æ; Bronze issue; size: 20.01 mm.; weight: 6.81 gm. Obverse: Bust of Tyche facing right, wearing turreted crown and veil; border of dots. Reverse: Dolphin entwined round trident, upright between pilei of the Dioscuri; across field, inscription in two lines; border of dots. BH [PY]TI ΩN.

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