Bronze Coin (Mint: Selge, Pisidia)
- Title:
- Bronze Coin (Mint: Selge, Pisidia)
- Collection:
- Cornell Coin Collection
- Date:
- 270-275 CE
- Site:
- Pisidia
- Location:
- Pisidia
- ID Number:
- CNC_0899
- Negative Number:
- 899
- File Name:
- CNC_0899.tif
- Mint:
- Selge, Pisidia
- Obverse:
- Bust of Aurelian r., wearing paludamentum and cuirass
in front: Δ
countermark in lower r. corner
Inscription [HΛΙ] Α obscure - Reverse:
- large quadrangular basis or platform, with horns
on it, two cylindrical vases of unequal height, containing upright poles with short horizontal bars projecting alternately on either side
on either side, lighted altar
vases garlanded
[C] Σ Λ [Γ] ΕΛΝ - Style/Period:
- Late Antique
- Work Type:
- coins (money)
money - Materials/Techniques:
- bronze (metal)
- Subject:
- Coins, Ancient
- Measurement:
- 24 or 25 (millimeters, diameter)
9.28 g (grams, weight) - Notes:
- Items in the Cornell Coins Collection are meant for inventory and reference purposes
metadata may not be complete in all cases. - Bibliography:
- BMC 19, p. 267 #86, pl. 41.6
date from Klawans, p. 85 - Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Collecting Program:
- Cornell Collections of Antiquities
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The content in the Cornell Collection of Antiquities: Coins Collection (in part Greek and Roman Coin Collection, #8464, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections) is believed to be in the public domain by virtue of the age of the underlying coins, and is presented by Cornell University Library under the Guidelines for Using Text, Images, Audio, and Video from Cornell University Library Collections [http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/CULCopyright]. This collection was digitized by Cornell University Library in 2011 from original materials, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Annetta Alexandridis and Verity Platt. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Please contact rareref@cornell.edu for more information about this collection, or to request permission to use these images.