Coin: æ

Museum number:
8-5607
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080005607
Accession number:
Acc.929
Description:
Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 18.6 mm; weight: 5.535 gm. Obverse: head of Zeus facing right, laureate; border of dots. Reverse: Apollo seated on omphalos facing left; holds in hands arrow and bow; to left, above right, hand seems to be a Nike; border of dots; no trace of any inscription appears on reverse.
Donor:
Doe Library (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Bible House, Istanbul, Turkey
Verbatim coll. place:
Bible House, Constantinople
Production place:
Ancient Syria
Culture or time period:
Greek Hellenistic Period (323–30 BC)
Collector:
F. F. Goodsell
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Person depicted:
Apollo (Greek and Roman diety) and Demetrius II Nicator (King of Syria)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
145-140 BC
Accession date:
1948
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
linear 18.6 millimeters and weight 5.535 grams
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5607, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 18.6 mm; weight: 5.535 gm. Obverse: head of Zeus facing right, laureate; border of dots. Reverse: Apollo seated on omphalos facing left; holds in hands arrow and bow; to left, above right, hand seems to be a Nike; border of dots; no trace of any inscription appears on reverse.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5607, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 18.6 mm; weight: 5.535 gm. Obverse: head of Zeus facing right, laureate; border of dots. Reverse: Apollo seated on omphalos facing left; holds in hands arrow and bow; to left, above right, hand seems to be a Nike; border of dots; no trace of any inscription appears on reverse.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5607, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 18.6 mm; weight: 5.535 gm. Obverse: head of Zeus facing right, laureate; border of dots. Reverse: Apollo seated on omphalos facing left; holds in hands arrow and bow; to left, above right, hand seems to be a Nike; border of dots; no trace of any inscription appears on reverse.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5607, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 18.6 mm; weight: 5.535 gm. Obverse: head of Zeus facing right, laureate; border of dots. Reverse: Apollo seated on omphalos facing left; holds in hands arrow and bow; to left, above right, hand seems to be a Nike; border of dots; no trace of any inscription appears on reverse.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5607, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 18.6 mm; weight: 5.535 gm. Obverse: head of Zeus facing right, laureate; border of dots. Reverse: Apollo seated on omphalos facing left; holds in hands arrow and bow; to left, above right, hand seems to be a Nike; border of dots; no trace of any inscription appears on reverse.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5607, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 18.6 mm; weight: 5.535 gm. Obverse: head of Zeus facing right, laureate; border of dots. Reverse: Apollo seated on omphalos facing left; holds in hands arrow and bow; to left, above right, hand seems to be a Nike; border of dots; no trace of any inscription appears on reverse.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5607, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 18.6 mm; weight: 5.535 gm. Obverse: head of Zeus facing right, laureate; border of dots. Reverse: Apollo seated on omphalos facing left; holds in hands arrow and bow; to left, above right, hand seems to be a Nike; border of dots; no trace of any inscription appears on reverse.

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