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Object Type
Museum number: 1946,0101.1462
Description: Alloy coin. (whole); Head of Aphrodite (?), wearing earring and necklace; hair bound with a crossed cord, and with a loose tress at the back of the head. (obverse); Half-Pegasus, with curled wing, flying left: beneath, Σ. (reverse)
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 345BC-317BC
Production place: Minted in: Syracuse (Sicily - archaic)
Materials
Dimensions: Weight: 4.690 grammes
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Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects: mythical figure/creature; deity
Associated names
Acquisition name: Donated by: Mrs Jessie Lloyd; In Memory of: Dr Albert Hugh Lloyd; In Memory of: Muriel Eleanor Haydon Lloyd
Acquisition date: 1946
Acquisition notes: Lloyd Bequest
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1946,0101.1462

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