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Object Type
Museum number: 1878,1201.3
Description: Copper Alloy coin. (whole); Bust of Hermes right, wearing chlamys and petasos; caduceus at shoulder: border of dots. (obverse); Caduceus, winged: border of dots. (reverse)
State
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 36BC-25BC (about)
Production place: Minted in: Cremna (historic - Ceraitae)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 12 o'clock; Diameter: 15 millimetres; Weight: 2.87 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: BMC Greek (Galatia) / Catalogue of the Greek coins of Galatia, Cappadocia and Syria (16, p.4); Arslan 2004a / Galatya Krallıĝı ve Roma Dönemi Ankyra Şehir Sikkeleri/The Coins of Galatian Kingdom and The Roman coinage of Ancyra in Galatia (K10/1) (type)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: Kingdom of Galatia; religious object
Associated names: Named in inscription: Amyntas, Galatia; Representation of: Hermes/Mercury
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1878
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1878,1201.3
C&M catalogue number: GC20 (BMC Greek (Galatia)) (4) (16)

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