Coin: electrum (barbarous imitation)

Museum number:
8-5567
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.925
Description:
Coin; Electrum; Greek. 1.1 grams, 9 mm. Obverse: Head of lion r., barbarous. Reverse: rough incuse square. Remarks: "Cimmerian imitation of Lydian “lion-coin” of ca. 600 BC.
Donor:
John L. Balderston
Collection place:
Cimmeria (ancient Crimea)
Production place:
Sub Mint L, Cimmeria
Culture or time period:
Cimmerians (ca. 1000-ca. 619 BC) and Lydians (ca. 1200 -546 BC)
Collector:
John L. Balderston
Materials:
Electrum
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers and 7.6 Bogus Currency
Production date:
ca. 600 BC
Accession date:
1947
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
weight 1.1 grams and linear 9 millimeters
Loans:
S1973-1974 #26: Department of Classics (UC Berkeley)/Crawford Hallock Greenewalt Jr. (October 23, 1973–October 26, 1973)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Coin: electrum (barbarous imitation), accession number 8-5567, described as Coin; Electrum; Greek. 1.1 grams, 9 mm. Obverse: Head of lion r., barbarous. Reverse: rough incuse square. Remarks: "Cimmerian imitation of Lydian “lion-coin” of ca. 600 BC.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Coin: electrum (barbarous imitation), accession number 8-5567, described as Coin; Electrum; Greek. 1.1 grams, 9 mm. Obverse: Head of lion r., barbarous. Reverse: rough incuse square. Remarks: "Cimmerian imitation of Lydian “lion-coin” of ca. 600 BC.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Coin: electrum (barbarous imitation), accession number 8-5567, described as Coin; Electrum; Greek. 1.1 grams, 9 mm. Obverse: Head of lion r., barbarous. Reverse: rough incuse square. Remarks: "Cimmerian imitation of Lydian “lion-coin” of ca. 600 BC.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Coin: electrum (barbarous imitation), accession number 8-5567, described as Coin; Electrum; Greek. 1.1 grams, 9 mm. Obverse: Head of lion r., barbarous. Reverse: rough incuse square. Remarks: "Cimmerian imitation of Lydian “lion-coin” of ca. 600 BC.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: electrum (barbarous imitation), accession number 8-5567, described as Coin; Electrum; Greek. 1.1 grams, 9 mm. Obverse: Head of lion r., barbarous. Reverse: rough incuse square. Remarks: "Cimmerian imitation of Lydian “lion-coin” of ca. 600 BC.

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