Coin: æ

Museum number:
8-8122
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080008122
Alternate number:
63 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3101
Description:
Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 26 mm.; weight: 11.81 gm. Obverse: Bust of Hadrian facing right, laureate; inscription:- AYTOKPKAICAPTPAIA NOCAΔP [IANOC]. Reverse: Astarte, wearing turreted crown, standing facing right, with left hand on prow; rests with right on long cruciform standard, and with left raises skirt to knee; HKY ΤΡΙΠΟΛΕΙΤWΝ.
Donor:
Fredrica Lippman Lindgren and Henry Clay Lindgren
Collection place:
Tripolis (ancient place), Phoenicia
Production place:
Tripolis (ancient place), Phoenicia
Culture or time period:
Nerva–Antonine Dynasty (96–192 AD)
Collector:
Fredrica Lippman Lindgren and Henry Clay Lindgren
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Person depicted:
Astarte (Greek deity) and Hadrian (Emperor of Rome)
Inscription:
Reverse legend: HKY TRIPOLEITON and Obverse legend: AYTOKRAKAISARTRAIA NOSADR[IANOS]
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
98-117 AD
Accession date:
January 20, 1978
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
linear 26 millimeters and weight 11.81 grams
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8122, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 26 mm.; weight: 11.81 gm. Obverse: Bust of Hadrian facing right, laureate; inscription:- AYTOKPKAICAPTPAIA NOCAΔP [IANOC]. Reverse: Astarte, wearing turreted crown, standing facing right, with left hand on prow; rests with right on long cruciform standard, and with left raises skirt to knee; HKY ΤΡΙΠΟΛΕΙΤWΝ.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8122, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 26 mm.; weight: 11.81 gm. Obverse: Bust of Hadrian facing right, laureate; inscription:- AYTOKPKAICAPTPAIA NOCAΔP [IANOC]. Reverse: Astarte, wearing turreted crown, standing facing right, with left hand on prow; rests with right on long cruciform standard, and with left raises skirt to knee; HKY ΤΡΙΠΟΛΕΙΤWΝ.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8122, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 26 mm.; weight: 11.81 gm. Obverse: Bust of Hadrian facing right, laureate; inscription:- AYTOKPKAICAPTPAIA NOCAΔP [IANOC]. Reverse: Astarte, wearing turreted crown, standing facing right, with left hand on prow; rests with right on long cruciform standard, and with left raises skirt to knee; HKY ΤΡΙΠΟΛΕΙΤWΝ.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8122, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 26 mm.; weight: 11.81 gm. Obverse: Bust of Hadrian facing right, laureate; inscription:- AYTOKPKAICAPTPAIA NOCAΔP [IANOC]. Reverse: Astarte, wearing turreted crown, standing facing right, with left hand on prow; rests with right on long cruciform standard, and with left raises skirt to knee; HKY ΤΡΙΠΟΛΕΙΤWΝ.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8122, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 26 mm.; weight: 11.81 gm. Obverse: Bust of Hadrian facing right, laureate; inscription:- AYTOKPKAICAPTPAIA NOCAΔP [IANOC]. Reverse: Astarte, wearing turreted crown, standing facing right, with left hand on prow; rests with right on long cruciform standard, and with left raises skirt to knee; HKY ΤΡΙΠΟΛΕΙΤWΝ.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8122, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 26 mm.; weight: 11.81 gm. Obverse: Bust of Hadrian facing right, laureate; inscription:- AYTOKPKAICAPTPAIA NOCAΔP [IANOC]. Reverse: Astarte, wearing turreted crown, standing facing right, with left hand on prow; rests with right on long cruciform standard, and with left raises skirt to knee; HKY ΤΡΙΠΟΛΕΙΤWΝ.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-8122, described as Coin; Æ; bronze issue; size: 26 mm.; weight: 11.81 gm. Obverse: Bust of Hadrian facing right, laureate; inscription:- AYTOKPKAICAPTPAIA NOCAΔP [IANOC]. Reverse: Astarte, wearing turreted crown, standing facing right, with left hand on prow; rests with right on long cruciform standard, and with left raises skirt to knee; HKY ΤΡΙΠΟΛΕΙΤWΝ.

Tools