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coin
Object Type
coin
Museum number
EH,p555.5.Ami
Description
Copper alloy coin.
(whole)
Head of Athena Roma in crested helmet, right.
(obverse)
Roma Nikephoros figure seated on shields, left; holding winged Nike in right hand.
(reverse)
Authority
Governor:
C Caecilius Cornutus
Cultures/periods
Greek
Production date
56BC
Production place
Minted in:
Amisus
Materials
copper alloy
Dimensions
Die-axis:
2 o'clock
Diameter:
21 millimetres
(maximum)
Weight:
5.62 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
BMC Greek (Pontus) / Catalogue of Greek coins: Pontus, Paphlagonia, Bithynia, and the Kingdom of Bosporus
(83, p.21)
Hawkins 1837 / Greek Acquisitions prior to 1837
SNG BM Black Sea / Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume IX: The British Museum. Part I: The Black Sea
(1239)
Waddington 1925 / Recueil Général des Monnaies Grecques d'Asie Mineure: Pont et Paphlagonie (2e)
(46, p.73)
(type)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
classical deity
arms/armour
Associated names
Representation of:
Roma
Representation of:
Athena/Minerva
Representation of:
Perseus
Representation of:
Medusa
Representation of:
Nike/Victoria/Victory
Named in inscription:
C Papirius Carbo
Acquisition notes
This is the historic catalogue of Greek coins acquired before 1837 made by Edward Hawkins, then Keeper of the Department of Antiquities. It does not include the collections previously acquired from Payne Knight (1824), George III (1825), Burrell (1832), and Hine (1825), or the coins included in Taylor Combe's 1814 catalogue.
Department
Money and Medals
Registration number
EH,p555.5.Ami
C&M catalogue number
GC13 (BMC Greek (Pontus))
(21)
(83)