Coin: æ

Museum number:
8-5572
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080005572
Accession number:
Acc.925
Description:
Coin; AE; Greek. 5.75 grams, 17 mm. 400-280 BC. Cyzicus, Turkey. Obverse: Head of Kore Soteira r. wearing earring, necklace, sphendone, and corn wreath. Reverse: Tripod; above which, radiate disk; to left KI, grapes; to right, YI, monogram.
Donor:
John L. Balderston
Collection place:
Cyzicus, ancient Mysia, Anatolia
Production place:
Cyzicus, ancient Mysia, Anatolia
Culture or time period:
Greek Hellenistic Period (323–30 BC)
Collector:
John L. Balderston
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Person depicted:
Persephone (Greek deity)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
400-280 BC
Accession date:
1947
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
weight 5.75 grams and linear 17 millimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5572, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 5.75 grams, 17 mm. 400-280 BC. Cyzicus, Turkey. Obverse: Head of Kore Soteira r. wearing earring, necklace, sphendone, and corn wreath. Reverse: Tripod; above which, radiate disk; to left KI, grapes; to right, YI, monogram.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5572, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 5.75 grams, 17 mm. 400-280 BC. Cyzicus, Turkey. Obverse: Head of Kore Soteira r. wearing earring, necklace, sphendone, and corn wreath. Reverse: Tripod; above which, radiate disk; to left KI, grapes; to right, YI, monogram.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5572, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 5.75 grams, 17 mm. 400-280 BC. Cyzicus, Turkey. Obverse: Head of Kore Soteira r. wearing earring, necklace, sphendone, and corn wreath. Reverse: Tripod; above which, radiate disk; to left KI, grapes; to right, YI, monogram.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5572, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 5.75 grams, 17 mm. 400-280 BC. Cyzicus, Turkey. Obverse: Head of Kore Soteira r. wearing earring, necklace, sphendone, and corn wreath. Reverse: Tripod; above which, radiate disk; to left KI, grapes; to right, YI, monogram.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5572, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 5.75 grams, 17 mm. 400-280 BC. Cyzicus, Turkey. Obverse: Head of Kore Soteira r. wearing earring, necklace, sphendone, and corn wreath. Reverse: Tripod; above which, radiate disk; to left KI, grapes; to right, YI, monogram.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5572, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 5.75 grams, 17 mm. 400-280 BC. Cyzicus, Turkey. Obverse: Head of Kore Soteira r. wearing earring, necklace, sphendone, and corn wreath. Reverse: Tripod; above which, radiate disk; to left KI, grapes; to right, YI, monogram.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-5572, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 5.75 grams, 17 mm. 400-280 BC. Cyzicus, Turkey. Obverse: Head of Kore Soteira r. wearing earring, necklace, sphendone, and corn wreath. Reverse: Tripod; above which, radiate disk; to left KI, grapes; to right, YI, monogram.

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