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Object Type
Museum number: G.3191
Denomination: didrachm
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Head of Apollo three-quarter facing with wavy hair; chlamys fastened around neck. (obverse); Zeus Labraundos standing right; wearing chiton and himation; holding double axe over right shoulder, long spear in left hand; ΠΙΞΩΔΑΡΟ inscribed vertically right. (reverse)
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 341BC-334BC (circa)
Production place: Minted in: Caria
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 12 o'clock; Diameter: 20 millimetres (maximum); Weight: 6.94 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: BMC Greek (Caria, Cos, Rhodes) / Catalogue of the Greek coins of Caria, Cos, Rhodes, &c. (6, p.185); Konuk 1998a / The Coinage of the Hekatomnids of Caria (P119); SNG von Aulock / Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Deutschland: Sammlung von Aulock (2375-2376) (type)
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Representation of: Apollo; Representation of: Zeus/Jupiter
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1841
Acquisition notes: No number on Burgon ticket.
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: G.3191
C&M catalogue number: GC18 (BMC Greek (Caria, Cos, Rhodes)) (185) (6)
Conservation: Treatment: 25 Jan 2012; Treatment: 25 Nov 2004; Treatment: 07 Aug 2001

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