Coin: æ 12 nummia (dodecanummium)

Museum number:
6-23127
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
6-16233 (previous museum number (recataloged from))
Object count:
1
Description:
Obverse description: two frontal busts of soldiers, wearing a cross on their helmets, separated by a cross. Reverse description: an I surmounted by a cross flanked by ( and B below in exergue [__]. Diameter 1.4 cm, weight 4.62 grams. Condition: poor.
Collection place:
Uncertain tomb and cemetery, Naga-ed-Der, Upper Egypt
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Egypt; Nada-ed-Der
Culture or time period:
Byzantine (395-1453 AD) and Coptic Egypt (312–641 AD)
Collector:
George Andrew Reisner
Collection date:
1901-1903
Materials:
Copper alloy
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
610-641 AD
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Comment:
Part of a hoard of 68 coins (6-23121 to 6-23188)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Coin: æ 12 nummia (dodecanummium), accession number 6-23127, described as Obverse description: two frontal busts of soldiers, wearing a cross on their helmets, separated by a cross. Reverse description: an I surmounted by a cross flanked by ( and B below in exergue [__]. Diameter 1.4 cm, weight 4.62 grams. Condition: poor.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Coin: æ 12 nummia (dodecanummium), accession number 6-23127, described as Obverse description: two frontal busts of soldiers, wearing a cross on their helmets, separated by a cross. Reverse description: an I surmounted by a cross flanked by ( and B below in exergue [__]. Diameter 1.4 cm, weight 4.62 grams. Condition: poor.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Coin: æ 12 nummia (dodecanummium), accession number 6-23127, described as Obverse description: two frontal busts of soldiers, wearing a cross on their helmets, separated by a cross. Reverse description: an I surmounted by a cross flanked by ( and B below in exergue [__]. Diameter 1.4 cm, weight 4.62 grams. Condition: poor.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Coin: æ 12 nummia (dodecanummium), accession number 6-23127, described as Obverse description: two frontal busts of soldiers, wearing a cross on their helmets, separated by a cross. Reverse description: an I surmounted by a cross flanked by ( and B below in exergue [__]. Diameter 1.4 cm, weight 4.62 grams. Condition: poor.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Coin: æ 12 nummia (dodecanummium), accession number 6-23127, described as Obverse description: two frontal busts of soldiers, wearing a cross on their helmets, separated by a cross. Reverse description: an I surmounted by a cross flanked by ( and B below in exergue [__]. Diameter 1.4 cm, weight 4.62 grams. Condition: poor.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Coin: æ 12 nummia (dodecanummium), accession number 6-23127, described as Obverse description: two frontal busts of soldiers, wearing a cross on their helmets, separated by a cross. Reverse description: an I surmounted by a cross flanked by ( and B below in exergue [__]. Diameter 1.4 cm, weight 4.62 grams. Condition: poor.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: æ 12 nummia (dodecanummium), accession number 6-23127, described as Obverse description: two frontal busts of soldiers, wearing a cross on their helmets, separated by a cross. Reverse description: an I surmounted by a cross flanked by ( and B below in exergue [__]. Diameter 1.4 cm, weight 4.62 grams. Condition: poor.

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