Ancient Greek coin

Details

• Title

  Ancient Greek coin

• Associated place

  The Greek World › Sicily › Agrigentum (mint)

• Date

  after 289 BC

• Material and technique

  bronze, struck

• Material index

  processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › bronze

• Technique index

  struck

• Object type

  currency › coin

• Dimensions

  24 mm (diameter)
  8.63 g (weight)
  1 o'clock (die-axis)

• Design

  Head of Apollo, long-haired, laureate, right; dotted border (obverse)

  
  

  Two eagles devouring hare, left; linear border (reverse)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Transferred from the Bodleian Library, 1922.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Heberden Coin Room

• Accession no.

  HCR42210

• Standard URI

  http://hcr.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/HCR42210

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