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coin
Object Type
coin
Museum number
1946,0101.31
Description
Copper alloy coin.
(whole)
Male head with African features, right.
(obverse)
Elephant, right.
(reverse)
Cultures/periods
Greek
Production date
275BC-225BC
(about)
Production place
Minted in:
Chiana, Val di
(?)
Minted in:
Etruria (historic - Italy)
(inland)
Materials
copper alloy
Dimensions
Weight:
5.190 grammes
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Tripp, David Enders. ‘Coinage.’ Etruscan life and afterlife: a handbook of Etruscan studies, edited by Larissa Bonfante. Warmister: Aris & Phillips, 1986. p. 213, fig. VI,16.
Bibliographic references
HN Italy / Historia Numorum : Italy
(69)
(type)
SNG Lloyd / Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Lloyd Collection
(31)
Location
On display
(G71/dc14/no10)
Subjects
elephant
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Mrs Jessie Lloyd
In Memory of:
Dr Albert Hugh Lloyd
In Memory of:
Muriel Eleanor Haydon Lloyd
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Clarence S Bement
Acquisition date
1946
Acquisition notes
Lloyd Bequest
Department
Coins and Medals
Registration number
1946,0101.31