Coin

29-129-21

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-129-21
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Creator Philip I (uncertain)
Period Imperial Roman Period
Date Made mid-3rd c. BCE?
Section Mediterranean
Materials Bronze
Iconography Bust | Philip I? | Zeus? | SERAPIS?
Description

Extremely worn, edges crumpled and corroded. Illegible.

Obverse: Laureate bust of bearded man (Philip I ?) facing r. Illegible inscription.

reverse: Either seated Zeus or Serapis. No remaining inscription. (Alexandrian ?) (billion tetradrachma?) Too little remains for comparison.

Outside Diameter 2.1 cm
Credit Line Deposited by John MacLeod. pre-1929

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