Coin: æ

Museum number:
8-4915
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080004915
Accession number:
Acc.184
Description:
Coin; AE; Greek. 17.566 grams, 32.4 mm. Third century AD. Chios, Greece. ] AC CA [, Obverse: Sphinx seated facing l. raising paw; to front, prow.; in exergue, TRIA. Reverse: ΣΠΙ ΑΡΧ ΠΡΕΙ ΜΟΥΔΙ[, Apollo, holding patera, and Dionysus, holding kantharos and thyrsos, standing facing; between, flaming altar; in exergue, ΧΙΩΝ. Remarks: "Tria Assaria." "(age of Antonines)
Donor:
Alfred Emerson
Collection place:
Chios Island, Aegean Islands, Greece
Production place:
Chios Island, Aegean Islands, Greece
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Person depicted:
Apollo (Greek and Roman diety) and Dionysus/Bacchus (Greek and Roman deity)
Inscription:
Reverse legend: EPI ARX PREI MOYDI[, Obverse legend: ] AC CA [, and Reverse exergue: XION
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
3rd century AD
Accession date:
1905
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
linear 32.4 millimeters and weight 17.566 grams
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 7 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-4915, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 17.566 grams, 32.4 mm. Third century AD. Chios, Greece. ] AC CA [, Obverse: Sphinx seated facing l. raising paw; to front, prow.; in exergue, TRIA. Reverse: ΣΠΙ ΑΡΧ ΠΡΕΙ ΜΟΥΔΙ[, Apollo, holding patera, and Dionysus, holding kantharos and thyrsos, standing facing; between, flaming altar; in exergue, ΧΙΩΝ. Remarks: "Tria Assaria." "(age of Antonines)Hearst Museum object 2 of 7 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-4915, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 17.566 grams, 32.4 mm. Third century AD. Chios, Greece. ] AC CA [, Obverse: Sphinx seated facing l. raising paw; to front, prow.; in exergue, TRIA. Reverse: ΣΠΙ ΑΡΧ ΠΡΕΙ ΜΟΥΔΙ[, Apollo, holding patera, and Dionysus, holding kantharos and thyrsos, standing facing; between, flaming altar; in exergue, ΧΙΩΝ. Remarks: "Tria Assaria." "(age of Antonines)Hearst Museum object 3 of 7 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-4915, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 17.566 grams, 32.4 mm. Third century AD. Chios, Greece. ] AC CA [, Obverse: Sphinx seated facing l. raising paw; to front, prow.; in exergue, TRIA. Reverse: ΣΠΙ ΑΡΧ ΠΡΕΙ ΜΟΥΔΙ[, Apollo, holding patera, and Dionysus, holding kantharos and thyrsos, standing facing; between, flaming altar; in exergue, ΧΙΩΝ. Remarks: "Tria Assaria." "(age of Antonines)Hearst Museum object 4 of 7 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-4915, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 17.566 grams, 32.4 mm. Third century AD. Chios, Greece. ] AC CA [, Obverse: Sphinx seated facing l. raising paw; to front, prow.; in exergue, TRIA. Reverse: ΣΠΙ ΑΡΧ ΠΡΕΙ ΜΟΥΔΙ[, Apollo, holding patera, and Dionysus, holding kantharos and thyrsos, standing facing; between, flaming altar; in exergue, ΧΙΩΝ. Remarks: "Tria Assaria." "(age of Antonines)Hearst Museum object 5 of 7 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-4915, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 17.566 grams, 32.4 mm. Third century AD. Chios, Greece. ] AC CA [, Obverse: Sphinx seated facing l. raising paw; to front, prow.; in exergue, TRIA. Reverse: ΣΠΙ ΑΡΧ ΠΡΕΙ ΜΟΥΔΙ[, Apollo, holding patera, and Dionysus, holding kantharos and thyrsos, standing facing; between, flaming altar; in exergue, ΧΙΩΝ. Remarks: "Tria Assaria." "(age of Antonines)Hearst Museum object 6 of 7 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-4915, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 17.566 grams, 32.4 mm. Third century AD. Chios, Greece. ] AC CA [, Obverse: Sphinx seated facing l. raising paw; to front, prow.; in exergue, TRIA. Reverse: ΣΠΙ ΑΡΧ ΠΡΕΙ ΜΟΥΔΙ[, Apollo, holding patera, and Dionysus, holding kantharos and thyrsos, standing facing; between, flaming altar; in exergue, ΧΙΩΝ. Remarks: "Tria Assaria." "(age of Antonines)Hearst Museum object 7 of 7 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-4915, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 17.566 grams, 32.4 mm. Third century AD. Chios, Greece. ] AC CA [, Obverse: Sphinx seated facing l. raising paw; to front, prow.; in exergue, TRIA. Reverse: ΣΠΙ ΑΡΧ ΠΡΕΙ ΜΟΥΔΙ[, Apollo, holding patera, and Dionysus, holding kantharos and thyrsos, standing facing; between, flaming altar; in exergue, ΧΙΩΝ. Remarks: "Tria Assaria." "(age of Antonines)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-4915, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 17.566 grams, 32.4 mm. Third century AD. Chios, Greece. ] AC CA [, Obverse: Sphinx seated facing l. raising paw; to front, prow.; in exergue, TRIA. Reverse: ΣΠΙ ΑΡΧ ΠΡΕΙ ΜΟΥΔΙ[, Apollo, holding patera, and Dionysus, holding kantharos and thyrsos, standing facing; between, flaming altar; in exergue, ΧΙΩΝ. Remarks: "Tria Assaria." "(age of Antonines)

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