Coin: æ

Museum number:

8-5572

Permalink:

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Accession number:

Acc.925

Object count:

1

Description:

Coin; AE; Greek. 5.75 grams, 17 mm. 400-280 BC. Cyzicus, Turkey. Obverse: Head of Kore Soteira r. wearing earring, necklace, sphendone, and corn wreath. Reverse: Tripod; above which, radiate disk; to left KI, grapes; to right, YI, monogram.

Donor:

John L. Balderston

Collection place:

Cyzicus, ancient Mysia, Anatolia

Production place:

Cyzicus, ancient Mysia, Anatolia

Culture or time period:

Greek Hellenistic Period (323–30 BC)

Collector:

John L. Balderston

Materials:

Bronze (metal)

Person depicted:

Persephone (Greek deity)

Object type:

archaeology

Object class:

Coins (money)

Function:

7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers

Production date:

400-280 BC

Accession date:

1947

Department:

Classical Mediterranean

Dimensions:

weight 5.75 grams and linear 17 millimeters

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