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Object Type
Museum number: 1929,0501.30
Denomination: didrachm
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Cow, left, head turned back; below, retrograde Ε (obverse); Octopus. (reverse)
Cultures/periods
Production date: 485BC (before)
Production place: Minted in: Eretria
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Benha (Benha el-Asl hoard (also known as the Delta hoard))
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 9 o'clock; Weight: 5.47 grammes (fragment)
Bibliographic references: IGCH / An Inventory of Greek Coin Hoards (1640); Kraay 1976 / Archaic and Classical Greek Coins (270) (type)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: mammal; mollusc
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1929
Acquisition notes: Delta Find 15.
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1929,0501.30

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