Coin: æ

Museum number:
8-4828
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080004828
Accession number:
Acc.184
Object count:
1
Description:
Coin; AE; Greek. 4.27 grams, 18 mm. Syracuse, Sicily. 345-317 BC (?) or 275-216 BC (?). Obverse: female head (Persephone?) l. Reverse: Pegasus flying l.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson
Collection place:
Syracuse (ancient colony)
Production place:
Syracuse (ancient colony)
Culture or time period:
Greek Classical Period (480–323 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Person depicted:
Pegasus (Greek deity) and Persephone (Greek deity)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
345-317 BC or 275-216 BC
Accession date:
1905
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
weight 4.27 grams and linear 18 millimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-4828, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 4.27 grams, 18 mm. Syracuse, Sicily. 345-317 BC (?) or 275-216 BC (?). Obverse: female head (Persephone?) l. Reverse: Pegasus flying l.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-4828, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 4.27 grams, 18 mm. Syracuse, Sicily. 345-317 BC (?) or 275-216 BC (?). Obverse: female head (Persephone?) l. Reverse: Pegasus flying l.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-4828, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 4.27 grams, 18 mm. Syracuse, Sicily. 345-317 BC (?) or 275-216 BC (?). Obverse: female head (Persephone?) l. Reverse: Pegasus flying l.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-4828, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 4.27 grams, 18 mm. Syracuse, Sicily. 345-317 BC (?) or 275-216 BC (?). Obverse: female head (Persephone?) l. Reverse: Pegasus flying l.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-4828, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 4.27 grams, 18 mm. Syracuse, Sicily. 345-317 BC (?) or 275-216 BC (?). Obverse: female head (Persephone?) l. Reverse: Pegasus flying l.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-4828, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 4.27 grams, 18 mm. Syracuse, Sicily. 345-317 BC (?) or 275-216 BC (?). Obverse: female head (Persephone?) l. Reverse: Pegasus flying l.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: æ, accession number 8-4828, described as Coin; AE; Greek. 4.27 grams, 18 mm. Syracuse, Sicily. 345-317 BC (?) or 275-216 BC (?). Obverse: female head (Persephone?) l. Reverse: Pegasus flying l.

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