Coin: ar tetradrachm

Museum number:
8-5628
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080005628
Accession number:
Acc.908
Description:
Coin; silver; tetradrachma; size: 24.8 mm.; weight: 11.02 gm. Obverse: Head of Augustus facing right, bare; below, inscription:- IMP CAE SAR. Reverse: Above, inscription:- AVGVSTVS. Altar(?) of Ephesian Artemis (Latin: Diana) decorated with confronted stags.
Donor:
Mary W. Knight
Collection place:
Ephesus (ancient city), Ionia
Production place:
Ephesus (ancient city), Ionia
Culture or time period:
Julio-Claudian Dynasty (27 BC–68 AD)
Collector:
H. M. Holbrook
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Person depicted:
Artemis (Greek deity) and Augustus (Emperor of Rome)
Inscription:
AUGUSTUS and IMP CAESAR
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money) and Tetradrachms
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
27 BC-14 AD
Accession date:
1947
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
linear 24.8 millimeters and weight 11.02 grams
Loans:
S1990-1991 #31: Blackhawk Museums (May 1, 1991–August 11, 1994)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-5628, described as Coin; silver; tetradrachma; size: 24.8 mm.; weight: 11.02 gm. Obverse: Head of Augustus facing right, bare; below, inscription:- IMP CAE SAR. Reverse: Above, inscription:- AVGVSTVS. Altar(?) of Ephesian Artemis (Latin: Diana) decorated with confronted stags.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-5628, described as Coin; silver; tetradrachma; size: 24.8 mm.; weight: 11.02 gm. Obverse: Head of Augustus facing right, bare; below, inscription:- IMP CAE SAR. Reverse: Above, inscription:- AVGVSTVS. Altar(?) of Ephesian Artemis (Latin: Diana) decorated with confronted stags.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-5628, described as Coin; silver; tetradrachma; size: 24.8 mm.; weight: 11.02 gm. Obverse: Head of Augustus facing right, bare; below, inscription:- IMP CAE SAR. Reverse: Above, inscription:- AVGVSTVS. Altar(?) of Ephesian Artemis (Latin: Diana) decorated with confronted stags.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-5628, described as Coin; silver; tetradrachma; size: 24.8 mm.; weight: 11.02 gm. Obverse: Head of Augustus facing right, bare; below, inscription:- IMP CAE SAR. Reverse: Above, inscription:- AVGVSTVS. Altar(?) of Ephesian Artemis (Latin: Diana) decorated with confronted stags.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-5628, described as Coin; silver; tetradrachma; size: 24.8 mm.; weight: 11.02 gm. Obverse: Head of Augustus facing right, bare; below, inscription:- IMP CAE SAR. Reverse: Above, inscription:- AVGVSTVS. Altar(?) of Ephesian Artemis (Latin: Diana) decorated with confronted stags.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-5628, described as Coin; silver; tetradrachma; size: 24.8 mm.; weight: 11.02 gm. Obverse: Head of Augustus facing right, bare; below, inscription:- IMP CAE SAR. Reverse: Above, inscription:- AVGVSTVS. Altar(?) of Ephesian Artemis (Latin: Diana) decorated with confronted stags.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: ar tetradrachm, accession number 8-5628, described as Coin; silver; tetradrachma; size: 24.8 mm.; weight: 11.02 gm. Obverse: Head of Augustus facing right, bare; below, inscription:- IMP CAE SAR. Reverse: Above, inscription:- AVGVSTVS. Altar(?) of Ephesian Artemis (Latin: Diana) decorated with confronted stags.

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